[Cz-computers] Need help with article submitted for wiki-conversion

[Howard Berkowitz]

This makes sense. The article conversion process was meant, I assume, for situations where there is no existing article. 

From: Anthony_Sebastian at msn.com
To: ws at cs.brown.edu
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:40:36 -0800
Subject: Re: [Cz-computers] Need help with article submitted for	wiki-conversion











Thanks Warren,
 
Reasonable suggestion.  Yours, first reply.  Will collect 
suggestion, and forward.
 
Anthony

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Warren Schudy 
  To: Anthony_Sebastian at msn.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:34 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [Cz-computers] Need help 
  with article submitted for wiki-conversion
  
I suggest asking the contributor to remedy the two issues 
  you've 
identified (namely merging his summary with the current page and 
  citing 
authoritative sources) and resubmit.

ws

Anthony 
  Sebastian wrote:
> Larry, Louise, and Computer Workgroup:
>  
  
> I need your advice on how to proceed: I received today for 
> 
  wiki-conversion the attached *.doc article from CZ Author, Marc 
> 
  Morgenstern [ 
> http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Marc_Morgenstern 
  ], who shows no 
> user contributions [ 
> http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Marc_Morgenstern 
  ].
>  
> Article's actual title "The Open Source Movement". 
  
>  
> Two things to note:
> CZ already has an article 
  on the topic: 
> http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Open_source.
> 
  Marc's article contains excerpts and many citations to 
  Wikipedia.
>  
> Possibilities:
> Incorporate those 
  parts of Marc's article to CZ's that contribute to 
> CZ's article's 
  quality.  A job for one of CZ's article's contributors.
> Reject 
  Marc's article on the grounds that we do not in general consider 
> 
  Wikipedia an authoritative source for citation in CZ articles, 
> 
  preferring more primary or expert-written secondary sources.
> Other 
  possibilities you may think of.
>  
> Marc's email to us 
  reads:
> *
> 
> ** 
> 
> *"Dear Sir or 
  Madam:  It is with great excitement that I am sending you 
> my 
  first article for inclusion in Citizendium. It is based on research 
> 
  done while I was pursuing graduate studies at the New York Institute of 
  
> Technology. I am eager to receive your feedback. ***
> 
> 
  * "Sincerely,  Marc Morgenstern"***
> 
> * *
> 
> 
  **
> 
> *I have not studied the article to determine whether Marc 
  based much 
> of the research he mentioned on WP's article, whether he 
  contributed to 
> WP's article, or whether it contains material that 
  could improve CZ's 
> article.
> 
>  
> 
> 
  Please advise, comment, etc.
> 
>  
> 
> 
  Anthony.Sebastian
> 
> Anthony_Sebastian at msn.com <mailto:Anthony_Sebastian at msn.com>
> 
  
>  
> 
> ** 
> 
>  
>  
  
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