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I am offended by wikipedia!!!

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I am offended by wikipedia!!!
on: December 11, 2009, 05:29:08 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherman

Though they do have a spot for Leatherman. The reference section is where I'm offended.


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #1 on: December 11, 2009, 02:52:51 PM
Because they tried to read one our threads, but got side tracked by Ben and Mike babbling on about some such like Vic's slippery drivers and LM's rusting.


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #2 on: December 11, 2009, 03:15:31 PM
Yeah, but if you look up "babbling" on Wikipedia you will find a picture of those two  ;)
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #3 on: December 11, 2009, 07:57:03 PM
Yeah, but if you look up "babbling" on Wikipedia you will find a picture of those two  ;)
And that's not even a joke...  :o  :o


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #4 on: December 11, 2009, 08:04:52 PM
Because they tried to read one our threads, but got side tracked by Ben and Mike babbling on about some such like Vic's slippery drivers and LM's rusting.


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #5 on: December 11, 2009, 08:24:53 PM
Wiki is build by users and readers (like you and me), the only way to remedy this is to edit the article by contributing to the page and listing your sources. I've made a page on wiki for an article that was missing, and added a few lines here and there over the past two or three years.

What can be done by our mt.org community is the creation of dedicated wiki pages (on wikipedia.org) for individual models in LM's (and others) mt line up. Expand the current pages etc... Most of the work is partially done in SAKwiki for example.

Also by having many members from various countries, and speaking many different languages these edits are not limited to the English language  :cheers:
« Last Edit: December 11, 2009, 08:37:19 PM by donvito »


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #6 on: December 12, 2009, 12:48:59 AM
We don't babble, we just have a lot of knowledge to pass onto you lucky members.
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #7 on: December 12, 2009, 12:51:37 AM
We don't babble, we just have a lot of knowledge to pass onto you lucky members.

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Link please?

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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #8 on: December 12, 2009, 12:57:03 AM
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #9 on: December 12, 2009, 02:06:42 AM
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #11 on: December 12, 2009, 09:22:05 AM
Wiki is build by users and readers (like you and me), the only way to remedy this is to edit the article by contributing to the page and listing your sources. I've made a page on wiki for an article that was missing, and added a few lines here and there over the past two or three years.

What can be done by our mt.org community is the creation of dedicated wiki pages (on wikipedia.org) for individual models in LM's (and others) mt line up. Expand the current pages etc... Most of the work is partially done in SAKwiki for example.

Also by having many members from various countries, and speaking many different languages these edits are not limited to the English language  :cheers:

While that is an excellent idea, and I fully support it, it would also be nice to get some of the gaps in our own wiki, the Multitool Encyclopedia filled in too!

http://multitool.org/wiki/tiki-index.php

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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #12 on: December 13, 2009, 07:31:29 PM
I edit wikipedia myself, so I can tell you now, forums are not considered reliable sources as it is self published material.

What can be done by our mt.org community is the creation of dedicated wiki pages (on wikipedia.org) for individual models in LM's (and others) mt line up. Expand the current pages etc... Most of the work is partially done in SAKwiki for example.

and, they would be deleted as non-notable.  Your best bet is to use the wiki here.
« Last Edit: December 13, 2009, 07:33:12 PM by Magnus »
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #13 on: December 13, 2009, 09:13:27 PM
I edit wikipedia myself, so I can tell you now, forums are not considered reliable sources as it is self published material.

What can be done by our mt.org community is the creation of dedicated wiki pages (on wikipedia.org) for individual models in LM's (and others) mt line up. Expand the current pages etc... Most of the work is partially done in SAKwiki for example.

and, they would be deleted as non-notable.  Your best bet is to use the wiki here.

We have emails from company reps that prove some of it! =(
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #14 on: December 13, 2009, 09:50:29 PM
We're considered non-notable. :cry:
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #15 on: December 13, 2009, 10:09:38 PM
I edit wikipedia myself, so I can tell you now, forums are not considered reliable sources as it is self published material.

What can be done by our mt.org community is the creation of dedicated wiki pages (on wikipedia.org) for individual models in LM's (and others) mt line up. Expand the current pages etc... Most of the work is partially done in SAKwiki for example.

and, they would be deleted as non-notable.  Your best bet is to use the wiki here.
We have emails from company reps that prove some of it! =(
The main site multitool.org is not a forum and can be used as a source. If individual MTs and SAKs are considered not notable then more work needs to be done on our SAK and MT wiki sites  :cheers:


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #16 on: December 13, 2009, 10:10:42 PM


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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #17 on: December 14, 2009, 12:03:40 AM
We're considered non-notable. :cry:

no, individual multitools are though, or at least not notable enough to have their own article...

I edit wikipedia myself, so I can tell you now, forums are not considered reliable sources as it is self published material.

What can be done by our mt.org community is the creation of dedicated wiki pages (on wikipedia.org) for individual models in LM's (and others) mt line up. Expand the current pages etc... Most of the work is partially done in SAKwiki for example.

and, they would be deleted as non-notable.  Your best bet is to use the wiki here.
We have emails from company reps that prove some of it! =(
The main site multitool.org is not a forum and can be used as a source. If individual MTs and SAKs are considered not notable then more work needs to be done on our SAK and MT wiki sites  :cheers:

hmm, good point, the stuff posted on the main site such as reviews could probably be cited as wikipedia sources, if anybody wanted to use them as such.
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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #18 on: December 14, 2009, 02:49:57 AM
We're considered non-notable. :cry:

That's one of the nicer things I've been called...  :ahhh

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Re: I am offended by wikipedia!!!
Reply #19 on: December 14, 2009, 07:47:48 PM
We're considered non-notable. :cry:

That's one of the nicer things I've been called...  :ahhh

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