Fwd: Re: [WikiEN-l] Proposed changes (Trojan War)

Wed Nov 20 15:16:41 UTC 2002

Hi,

I received this mail from Zoltan (see previous message). My reply follows in
a separate mail.

Regards,

Erik

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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:24:20 -0800
From: "zoltan simon" <zasimon at hotmail.com>
To: erik_moeller at gmx.de
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Proposed changes (Trojan War)

> Dear Erik, Mr. Moeller,
> 
> Thank you for your prompt answer. I am still dubious about this fantastic 
> project. I just simply cannot believe that this could exist in our days. I
> 
> would feel the same if I would find an Archaeopteryx alive, sitting on a 
> polished diamond in the middle of the trail here in Brazil.
> 
> I mean, if anyone can edit any page of this project, a furious or maniac 
> person who disagrees with some text may type in some four-letter-words in 
> it. Or, simply, type in his/her own absurd theory. (Now one can say if an 
> absurd idea is really silly or really revolutionary.) For example, Sir
> Isaac 
> Newton dated the pyramids of Cheops and his generations 2000 years later 
> than they actually belonged. I think that he was extremely wrong, and
> modern 
> scholars are right, at least here.
> 
> I have written so many works that had been ignored by ruling authorities 
> that I have bacame somehow sceptic: I hardly believe in the progress of
> the 
> human sciences. Also, I feel that I cannot force my results onto anyone. I
> 
> would prefer to send my non-conformist conclusions to yourself first. It 
> would be too strange to revise hundreds of articles arbitrarily, without 
> consulting yourself directly first. I mean, my revisions are mainly 
> chronographical, and that is the skeleton of history. It is present 
> everywhere, in every article.
> 
> For example, I have a manuscript of 52 pages, entitled a revised
> chronology 
> of the ancient world, entitled "Black box from the past," a revised Greek 
> (Athens and Sparta) and Latin-Roman chronology, 24 and 5 pages
> respectively. 
> Could I mail those to you? Or, is it possible by e-mail Attachments? (In 
> what format? It is in Word Document now.)
> 
> Thank you for your kind comments and advise that is extremely important
> for 
> the progress/ advancement of the sciences. Perhaps I send you now another 
> message about our works and subjects. If you accept my results somehow, I 
> would be glad to be your editor in the Hungarian language. (I also speak 
> Spanish and "Portugnol," a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese.)
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> 
> Zoltan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Erik Moeller <erik_moeller at gmx.de>
> >To: "zoltan simon" <zasimon at hotmail.com>
> >CC: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> >Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Proposed changes (Trojan War)
> >Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:48:14 +0100 (MET)
> >
> >Hello Zoltan,
> >
> >thanks for your detailed feedback regarding the "Penelope" page. I'll
> >incorporate the changes you suggested. You may or may not have noticed
> that
> >Wikipedia is a collaborative project run by volunteers -- it's a whole 
> >encyclopedia
> >built by hundreds of people from all around the world, in many different
> >languages. It works by allowing everyone to edit any page (a history of
> all
> >changes is kept so that bad edits can be reverted). That way, Wikipedia
> has 
> >become
> >a quickly growing and evolving repository of human knowledge.
> >
> >I write this to let you know that you, too, can feel free to make any
> >changes you consider helpful to the Penelope article and any others you
> are
> >interested in. This includes the addition of references, quotes, or 
> >whatever you
> >feel is appropriate. You do not need any special "geeky" knowledge to do 
> >so,
> >it's very simple.
> >
> >Just go to this page:
> >http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Penelope&action=edit
> >
> >An editing window should pop up which allows you to change the text of
> the
> >article. You can write normal text, and if you want to use formatting
> like
> >italics, lists etc., there's a page that describes how to do that:
> >
> >http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AHow_does_one_edit_a_page
> >
> >We'd appreciate it if you would take a look at pages that interest you,
> and
> >try to improve them where you can!
> >
> >Yours sincerely, and thanks again for your mail,
> >
> >Erik Moeller
> >
> >Wikipedia contributor
> >
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