[WikiEN-l] David Hager is listed as convicted rapist

Mon Dec 5 12:37:02 UTC 2005

Hello folks,

Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks has a long list of sites that do database 
dumps. Does anyone know which ones are active?

My concern was higher because of the bad timing of the Hager page 
edit,overnight of the last day/first day of the month. This would be a 
logical time to do an update. When I checked the Answers.com site last 
Friday (Dec. 1), they hadn't updated this article since before I 
expanded it on Nov. 17th.

Thanks for your comments.

Sydney Poore

Fl Celloguy wrote:

>> 1. Was this information spread to other web sites like Answers.com? 
>> Who do I ask
>> to find out?
>
>
> Answers.com and other forks and mirrors don't update that often, if I 
> am correct. It is highly unlikely that information that stayed there 
> for only a few hours would be copied. To find out, you could check out 
> Answers.com - I highly doubt that the information has been copied 
> given its relatively short amount of time on Wikipedia.
>
>> 2. Do we all agree that this is a BIG problem. Can you imagine what 
>> would happen
>> if another major media source published Hagerâ€™s name on a list of 
>> convicted
>> rapists?
>
>
> I agre with you that this is a problem that we need to address sooner 
> or later. The use of Wikipedia for slander, libel, or political 
> reasons is huge, as evidenced both by the John Seigenthaler Sr. case 
> and the German Wikipedia's polticial articles.
>
>> 2. How do I (hopefully, we) stop this unregistered user (or any 
>> other) from
>> doing this again? Being very, very generous, I will assume this was 
>> an isolated
>> incidence of poor judgment. This doesn't change the fact that this 
>> libelous
>> misinformation appeared in OUR encyclopedia.
>
>
> Shouldn't this be question number three, by the way? :-) There's 
> really no way to stop it except to keep a watch on the article and on 
> the user's contributions. If s/he has a pattern of adding misleading 
> information, you may wish to warn him about citing sources and 
> verifiability. If he persists, a block may be needed.
>
>> 3. I canâ€˜t unring this bell. The Wikipedia article is listed 6 in 
>> an Yahoo
>> search of the words David Hager. Being a registered user, I will be 
>> associated
>> with this article forever. While, an unregistered user can damage 
>> Wikipedia,
>> Hager, and me.
>
>
> True; this should only make us more vigilant and aware of the people 
> who strive to manipulate Wikipedia.
>
>> Immediate solution? Ask everyone here to put his name on your watch 
>> list. Long term solution?â€¦â€¦.
>
>
> Sorry, can't read your proposed long-term solution. Short-term 
> solution, as you state - be more vigilant and aware.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Flcelloguy
>
>> From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
>
>
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