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<DIV>Here's John Abbe's response about Wikipedia, with advice to engage the editors at the discussion page, which is an "always-open space" <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Open_Space_Technology">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Open_Space_Technology</A>. </DIV>
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<DIV>Jeff<BR><BR>> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:59:13 -0700<BR>> To: magic.teams at hotmail.com; lisaheft at openingspace.net<BR>> Subject: Re: FW: OST on Wikipedia (was: OST becoming mainstream)<BR>> From: johnabbe at gmail.com<BR>> <BR>> At 9:01 PM -0700 on 6/16/08, Jeff Aitken typed:<BR>> >Hi John -<BR>> ><BR>> >People on the OSTLIST are editing the OST entry on Wikipedia and <BR>> >have Q's for editors - can you help connect to the appropriate <BR>> >wikipedia folk?<BR>> <BR>> Phoebe Ayers <phoebe.ayers at gmail.com>, Evan Prodromou <BR>> <evan at prodromou.name> and Steven Walling <steven at aboutus.org> are the <BR>> most Wikipedia-connected people who were at RecentChangesCamp. Oh, <BR>> and Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> - he's probably the #1 <BR>> programmer on MediaWiki, but i don't know how much he mucks about <BR>> with *content* process.<BR>> <BR>> Lisa wrote:<BR>> > > Sometimes when new stuff is put on Wikipedia the folks who review <BR>> >it think it's commercial sources putting stuff on driving business <BR>> >to their webistes, and they delete things. Anyone know how to let <BR>> >them know that we are a worldwide learning community with open <BR>> >source shared materials and learning rather than a commercial source?<BR>> <BR>> And the answer to this question is in some ways simple - engage them<BR>> on the discussion page <BR>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Open_Space_Technology>. Think of <BR>> it as an always-open space for people who want to talk about such <BR>> issues (and whoever comes are the right people, etc.). If no one's <BR>> already linked there to the policy pages they're trying to follow by <BR>> deletions, etc., just ask to be pointed to them.<BR>> <BR>> Life,<BR>> John<BR>> p.s. *Great* fun to be in a position to in this way help OST have a <BR>> good WP article :-).<BR>> -- <BR>> <BR>> /\/\ http://ourpla.net/<BR>> \ / Cat Herder<BR>> \/ John Abbe<BR></DIV><br /><hr />The i’m Talkathon starts 6/24/08. For now, give amongst yourselves. <a href='http://www.imtalkathon.com?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnMore_GiveAmongst' target='_new'>Learn More</a></body>
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