[Novalug] [OT] speaking of wikipedia

[John Franklin]

Is this issue mentioned on the page's discussion tab?  I would bring  
it up there, first.

jf

On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:

>
> What does one do if one encounters a consistant error at a wikipedia  
> page?
>
> I was reading a biographica account of a biologist and the wiki page  
> in question was having his name misspelled. I looked in the page  
> history and saw that some one was repeatedly coming on line and  
> changing the spelling of the name when ever it was corrected.
>
> Although I do not have access to the scientist's birth certificate I  
> have read a number of his books in hardcopy and his biographical  
> pages at the National Academy of Science website so I am pretty sure  
> that the correct spelling of the name is as it is on his books and  
> biography.
>
> I think if I go to the page and correct the name spelling (with  
> references) it will just be reversed by the spelling changer.
>
> Curious minds are wondering what the best protocol is ....
>
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