Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

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Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

Unread post by EricBarbour » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:03 pm

As per this blog post, the "Guerrilla Skeptics" have been up to some more "dishonest" editing:
http://badufos.blogspot.com/2013/06/gue ... klass.html
I won't bother listing his background, his credentials, his career and accomplishments - that's all now on Klass' Wikipedia page. It's quite long, and highly detailed, ably written and edited by Susan Gerbic and Shane Vaughn. Missing sources were filled in, unsubstantiated material was removed, and a great deal of new material was added. As someone who knew Klass quite well, I am impressed by its accuracy and completeness. I certainly learned things I didn't know about Klass. This is just one example of what a talented team can accomplish. Here is Susan's write-up of their accomplishments.
Needless to mention, these are pro-science skeptics, and will therefore not be sanctioned. Besides, how often do you see public blogs openly admitting "POV editing" and "off-wiki canvassing", and discussing it in detail?

For example, most of Bad Astronomy (T-H-L) was written by one MrBill3 (T-C-L).
Joshuafilmer (T-C-L) did, in fact, make a massive rewrite of the rationalism article.
And Philip J. Klass (T-H-L), after years of being fiddled with by Susan Gerbic, MrBill3, and others, was massively
expanded yesterday by one Valis55. OMG SOCKPUPPET!!! :D

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Re: Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

Unread post by Michaeldsuarez » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:25 pm

EricBarbour wrote:[...] was massively expanded yesterday by one Valis55. OMG SOCKPUPPET!!! :D
What makes you say that? Is there any evidence of sockpuppetry?

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Re: Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

Unread post by Zoloft » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:00 am

Michaeldsuarez wrote:
EricBarbour wrote:[...] was massively expanded yesterday by one Valis55. OMG SOCKPUPPET!!! :D
What makes you say that? Is there any evidence of sockpuppetry?
There's that sarchasm again.

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Re: Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

Unread post by EricBarbour » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:15 am

Zoloft wrote:
Michaeldsuarez wrote:What makes you say that? Is there any evidence of sockpuppetry?
There's that sarchasm again.
He never gets it.

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Re: Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

Unread post by Michaeldsuarez » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:26 am

EricBarbour wrote:For example, most of Bad Astronomy (T-H-L) was written by one MrBill3 (T-C-L).
Actually, I believe that Nmillerche (T-C-L) did most of the work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Nmillerche/sandbox/Bad_Astronomy&action=history

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Astronomy&diff=556424127&oldid=552900600

MrBill3 simply provided assistance with references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:MrBill3&diff=556651282&oldid=556520543
MrBill3 wrote:Assistance (mostly finding reviews, references and formatting them) with rewrite of [[Bad Astronomy]]. Featured as a [[WP:DYK | DYK]] on 23 March, 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Astronomy&diff=552900600&oldid=545788444
EricBarbour wrote:He never gets it.
Please explain it then.

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Re: Phil Klass -- OMG CANVASSING AND SOCKING!!

Unread post by tarantino » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:13 am

EricBarbour wrote:
Zoloft wrote:
Michaeldsuarez wrote:What makes you say that? Is there any evidence of sockpuppetry?
There's that sarchasm again.
He never gets it.
lol

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