Re: [d@DCC] DCC on Wikipedia.

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: "General Copyright Discussions \(questions, organizing, etc\)" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:01:25 -0400
References: <46C8E0F2.8010209@TelecomOttawa.net> <46CA0A6A.5090801@flora.ca> <99a6c38f0708201729n2d9de964x8478496be4472fc8@mail.gmail.com>

Scott Elcomb wrote:
> I know there's a community here, but what are we going to do?
> 
> PS - This topic has penetrated all my defenses - the only solution I
> have left is to attack.  I am not on the list of "principle
> campaigners," nor do I wish to be.  I only wish to see fair-play rule.


   Wikipedia wants to make sure that articles are relevant, in an 
Encyclopedia way.   This requires the input of more than one person, 
otherwise it looks like self promotion.

   While I wish badly it was otherwise, when someone looks at 
digital-copyright.ca it looks far too much like the promotional site of 
someone named "Russell McOrmond".  While there is a list of bloggers on 
the side, I don't list number of postings as that would be embarrassing. 
  (Note: I don't want the "solution" to be that I BLOG less, but that 
other people BLOG/etc more).

   With that person being the one who started the article, it looked 
bad.  It would have been better if someone else started the article.


   We are a group of people with many people who have made major 
contributions to our common goals, but this isn't as obvious as it 
should be to anyone just looking in.   We need to make this seem like a 
group that people can join and quickly participate with, and not as some 
sort of 'insiders' group.  We never formalized ourselves partly because 
we wanted to somehow seem welcoming and easy to join in.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  I will be voting for MMP in Ontario  http://www.voteformmp.ca/

  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
  rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition!
  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/

  "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware
   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or
   portable media player from my cold dead hands!"
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