tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10617990504134450262024-03-16T11:53:06.130-07:00Guerrilla Skepticism on WikipediaThe mission of the Guerrilla Skepticism editing team is to improve skeptical content on Wikipedia. We do this by improving pages of our skeptic spokespeople, providing noteworthy citations, and removing the unsourced claims from paranormal and pseudoscientific pages. Why? Because evidence is cool. We train – We mentor – Join us.sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-14204337808956828712018-06-28T11:11:00.000-07:002018-06-28T11:11:46.694-07:00Update from Susan June 28, 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello GSoW fans and detractors. Update from Susan<br />
June 28, 2018<br />
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You might have been wondering what happened to GSoW as we rarely post updates here on Blogger. Well here is what happened. This site has become problematic to manage as the traffic shows that nearly all the hits are coming from spam sites. More than half the comments are also spam. I didn't want to turn off commenting completely in case someone really wanted to comment, but it's just frustrating.<br />
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So here is what is going on. We received the JREF award for 2017 and with that donation we have set ourselves up as a non-profit. To become a non-profit we had to have a Board, with by-laws and all kinds of fees and insurance and bank accounts, and investments and PO box and all kinds of things I would never have imagined. Thankfully we had a non-profit attorney deal with the majority of the nightmare paperwork pro bono. If we had been a church in the USA we would have had far less paperwork.<br /><br />Our Board is working on filling out the rest of the paperwork, filing it and paying the fees. We will be a fully functioning non-profit by the end of 2018. We have our tax-ID # and do take donations.<br />
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We have also changed our name to About Time and have opened up a website (not dealing with Blogger anymore) which shows all the organizations that fall under About Time. One of which is the GSoW project. <a href="https://abouttimeproject.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Check us out to see all the things we are working on</a>.<br />
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If you want to become involved in science activism, please reach out to us, we may be able to help or at least associate with your work. And we are always looking for more people to join not only GSoW but some of the other things we have in the works.<br />
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We are mainly using the money to allow us to travel and speak at conferences, as well as at smaller groups. We hope to in the future offer conference scholarships and we still are working on various stings and other projects that require funding.<br />
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We will rarely update this Blogger account.<br />
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At the moment though GSoW has over 130 people from all over the world working to rewrite stubs, and create new Wikipedia pages mainly focused on science, scientific skepticism and the paranormal. We also add thousands of edits in tiny and large ways to Wikipedia.<br />
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We have just added our 654th Wikipedia page. We only count pages that we created completely (no stubs allowed) or pages where we turned a stub into a fully written Wikipedia page.<br />
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Those 654 pages are mostly English, but over 100 are non-English pages. We keep track of the pageviews for those 654 pages and just hit 28 million views. That's a lot of educating going on.<br /><br />So please find our tour schedule and all kinds of information on our About Time website (if you want me to come speak to your group, just let me know. I often will go to a bigger conference and then stay a few days and hit the smaller groups within a 5 hour drive, this really keeps the expenses down)<br /><br />We are also on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/GSoW_team" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/GSoW_team" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.<br /><br />We haven't gone away, we are growing, grow with us!<br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-1595636856306372582017-09-03T16:32:00.000-07:002017-09-03T16:32:00.321-07:00September 2017 - Long time no see<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Its been brought to my attention that the last post here on the blog was in January of 2017. That's entirely correct. Normally this is a sign of a dying group, that nothing is being done and there is nothing to report. I assure you that the opposite is true. GSoW has been so busy that reporting everything that is happening on this blog is just too much to keep up with. So I'm going to attempt to catch people up now.<br />
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The last blog post I posted that Stat Badger (see the blog before this one to explain) had hit an amazing number.<br />
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Eight million page views at that time was just surreal. How many other volunteer projects can say that? These were numbers from Wikipedia pages in all kinds of languages. So lets start off with where we are today. September 3rd, 2017 <br />
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This is a 67% increase in 7 months. We have added quite a few pages to Stat Badger in that time. We add about 15K page views a day, insane isn't that. We have also seen a large spike in an unexpected place. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Romanek" target="_blank">Stan Romanek</a> Wikipedia page was written in early 2012 by GSoW. The page was a very very low viewed page with 75 page views a day. Then one day in July it hit over 42K. That was just one day. Since its creation in 2012 the page has been viewed 609,247 times.<br />
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Why you might ask, and who is Stan Romanek and why is this important? Great questions Thanks for asking.</div>
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Stan Romanek is a Denver, Colorado man who claims that he has been abducted by aliens, has a alien implant and is in the Colorado media from time to time. He even tried to get the city to build a UFO landing strip. What happened in July 2017 is that Netflix made a movie about him. In August he was found guilty of felony possession and distribution of child porn, (he claims that someone put them on his computer) Anyway, the reason why this is important is that GSoW was ahead of the game many years before he received an enormous amount of coverage outside of Denver. When the Netflix documentary was released, then people who wanted to know more had a way of finding out more. I haven't seen the Netflix doc, but I expect that it probably leaned favorably towards Romanek. The Wikipedia page correctly reflects an unbiased view of Romanek, the only sources are to notable citations. </div>
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Another high ranking page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryotherapy" target="_blank">Cryotherapy</a> got a rewrite from editor Harald Berents. Before he rewrote it, the page had almost no criticism and was an endorsement for cryotherapy. Now it is properly sourced. Since he rewrote the page July 8, 2017 it has brought in 52,850 page views. <br /><br />Netflix brought fame to another Wikipedia page, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Health" target="_blank">What the Health</a></i>. A GSoW fan on Facebook brought this to our attention. The documentary was released in March 2017, it criticizes dairy and meat diets, and supports only veganism. At the time we were made aware of this Wikipedia page, there was no criticism of the claims being made on the page. And very little notable criticism existed on the Internet at all. I asked Science Based Medicine blogger Harriet Hall to please research the documentary and write something up. She did, telling me that "I owe her 2 hours of her life back". GSoW editor Rob Palmer and others spent weeks keeping the notable criticism on the page, Since we took on this the page has been viewed 263,680 times. </div>
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<br /><br />Another major achievement was for GSoW editor Adam Kumiszcza to finish GSoW training, then he went wild. He is our only Polish editor and when he heard that the European Skeptics Congress would be held in Wroclaw, Poland this September, he started translating and creating new pages in English and Polish. He is responsible for 26 pages all released in 2017. In total these pages have brought in 36,646 page views. </div>
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Personally, I am kept really busy. I've done several interviews on podcasts as well has lots of traveling to speak about GSoW. San Jose area, Syracuse NY, Washington DC and will be doing a tour of Europe in a couple weeks (OMG is it only 11 days till I fly out... AHHHH)<br /><br />Here is the funding page and the <a href="https://fundly.com/about-time-tour-skeptical-networking-across-europe" target="_blank">list for all the places</a> I (and the others that are touring with me) will be speaking at. </div>
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Also I've been writing for Skeptical Inquirer's Special Articles. Most of these articles/interviews are then used as citations on existing Wikipedia pages. Here is a link to <a href="http://www.csicop.org/search?q=susan%20gerbic" target="_blank">all the articles</a> I've written for them. </div>
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And I have been keeping on Grief Vampire Tyler Henry. I think I'm up to <a href="http://www.csicop.org/search?q=gerbic%20tyler%20henry" target="_blank">7 articles</a> about him already. I have one waiting to be published about a reading he did predicting Alan Thicke's death. Hopefully I will be able to continue writing about Tyler, as long as he is still around. </div>
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Many of GSoW will be at the upcoming conferences, Australia, QED and CSICon. I'm speaking on the main stage on Friday afternoon at CSICon. This is happening in Vegas the weekend before Halloween. I'm a giant advocate for conference attendance, please please please try and attend something this year. You can thank me later.<br /><br />Please follow GSoW's updates on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject/" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. Everything that is done is posted there and very timely. And subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5ZZ4POlh-SIbXOUUkRgAg" target="_blank">our YouTube Channel here</a>. </div>
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Thank you all for your support!<br /><br />Susan</div>
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-4430428553318781242017-01-26T11:52:00.000-08:002017-01-26T17:02:02.817-08:00Stat Badger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-right;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">8,181,378</b> (as of Jan 26, 2017)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2015 after the last TAM, I was challenged by Jay Diamond to come up with a way that GSoW could show impact. Being that we work on Wikipedia pages, and readers are anonymous, how is it possible (unless someone specifically says that they changed their mind after reading a Wikipedia page) to know our results? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had one option, some talented non-GSoW code writers have come up with a way to "pull" numbers of pageviews. This is available to anyone, but you must have the exact spelling of the Wikipedia page when you search. You can compare several Wikipedia page views to other pages, you can select languages and dates. <a href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&range=latest-20&pages=Cat|Dog" target="_blank">This is a quite useful tool.</a> Play around with this, in fact I know you are going to want to bookmark this site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is all great, but back to Jay Diamond's question, how can we monitor GSoW's results? Today is January 26, 2017 and according to our work spreadsheet we are well over 350 pages we can take credit for. And in several different languages. This would be complicated to use the Pageview Analysis tool to see results. Complicated to know when the page became a GSoW page.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*(NOTE) We know that GSoW does not "own" a page. For the purposes of this exercise what we mean by "claim" is the day we made live a Wikipedia page that was created by GSoW or rewritten by GSoW. And we are not including pages we only work on, but pages that we have made extensive changes to, or written and released as a completed page. GSoW never releases stub pages, what we are talking about are pages that an editor has spent many hours fussing over, the page will probably include at least 15 citations, usually more. Once the Wikipedia page is made live, then of course anyone (you don't even need a Wikipedia account) can edit. Also keep in mind that GSoW has thousands of other edits, very important but we can't count every edit we make on Stat Badger. I had to make a choice, otherwise managing this would become a full-time job. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So with that cleared up, I approached friend of GSoW, Kyle Polich who hosts the <a href="http://dataskeptic.com/" target="_blank">Data Skeptic Podcast</a> and has also lectured at two of the Monterey County Skeptic SkeptiCamps. Keep in mind that I personally have no experience with building this kind of thing, and he was very patient with me asking for things I have no knowledge of. In about eight months we had a working version of Stat Badger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now eighteen months later we are nearing the end of working out all the bugs. I've learned a lot about what is possible and what is not. In the last week or so Kyle was assisted by Mark Honeychurch who is the Chair of the New England Skeptics in getting the bugs out. What I'm looking at currently is something I'm so proud of. It was extremely tedious for me to decide what pages would make the cut, what day we could "claim" them as ours. Tag them (I'll explain in a bit) and input them into Stat Badger. Many many hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I currently have pages tagged in categories which might be helpful when speaking to select audiences. Also it was interesting to see the themes of what interested my editors. If needed I will be able to delete tags or add more or whatever is needed in the future of GSoW.<br /><br />One more thing I need to make clear. These are pageviews. That is all we know. We cannot know if the person accessing the page is a unique user or visits the page many times. We do not know how long the person has stayed on the page. We do not know if the page was visited by a bot (this was true for several years until Wikipedia changed its code) These are the restrictions that we are faced with. Stat Badger only can count how many times the Wikipedia page was accessed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also I want readers to understand, GSoW editors normally work on pages they find interesting. These are not pages picked to increase stats. Many pages we work on receive very few hits, some under 100 a month. We are a volunteer organization, we have work lists but they are not necessarily ranked. We have discovered that a quiet Wikipedia page attracting very few views may suddenly sky-rocket because of something happening in the real world. A great example of this is when we rewrote the Nathan Phelps Wikipedia page and days later we were surprised to find that his father Fred Phelps died. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Languages; English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and other. I have people in training at the moment in many other languages, as they start working through pages, we will add more languages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Our People", "Our Groups", "Our Print" and "Our Audio" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Astronomy, Cryptid, Medical, Paranormal, UFO, VAX, Book, Atheist</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have also tagged for a couple editors who want to keep track of their personal input.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">At the beginning of this project I thought I would be releasing Stat Badger for public viewing. At this time I have decided not to release it. Only GSoW editors will have access to these numbers. I might change my mind in time, but for the moment we are going to keep this internal. If we decide to release this it will probably be hosted on the <a href="http://dataskeptic.com/" target="_blank">Data Skeptic website</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Paranormal <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">2,377,693</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Atheist <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">789,382</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">VAX 111,632</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">UFO </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">81,189</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Cryptid </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">355,847</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Languages: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dutch 435,842</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Italian 52,000</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spanish 369,417</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">English </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-right;">6,920,155</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">French 3,038</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Portuguese 290,266</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">German 92,165</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hungarian 3,237 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our People 4,635,086</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">USA 3,716,795</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dutch <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">291,955</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">UK </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">539,855</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Australia </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">102,158</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Canada </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">583,847</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">New Zealand </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">5,061</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our Groups <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">291,955</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">TAM Speaker </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">1,868,837</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">CSI Fellows </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">1,167,593</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Did You Know? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">609,951</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Books </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">94,611</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our Print 164,387</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Our Audio 1</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">23,047</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">ECSO </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">44,299</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">Medical </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;">259,203</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The top ten pages that have received the most views in the last <b>month</b> are... </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spontaneous human combustion with 45,416</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jenna Miscavige Hill 37,967</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montack Project 25,021</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dan Ariely 15,619</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dean Cameron 13,463</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Holocaust (Dutch) 12,873</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chupacabras (Spanish) 12,030</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">William B. Davis 11,307</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge 11,083</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arjen Lubach (Dutch) 10,845</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I find this all very interesting. I love to browse over Stat Badger looking for oddities. I've heard many times that the skeptic community should not bother with pages for Bigfoot and Lake Monsters, "Everyone already knows they don't exist" But that isn't true, these numbers at least show that people are interested in the topic. The Chupacabra rewrite we did in Spanish in Feb 2015 has already been viewed 352,753 times. Spontaneous human combustion 1,058,399 views since we rewrote it August 2013. And the Montauk Project 490,031 times. Of course people still find the paranormal interesting. And we need to make sure that what they are reading is accurate with great citations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm hoping to announce numbers every so often, stay tuned</span><br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-56599514266584602082016-07-31T21:42:00.000-07:002016-07-31T21:42:45.998-07:00GSoW Skeptic Book Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">December 2015 I announced that GSoW was going to focus on Skeptic Books. We had big goals and worked off this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_skepticism" target="_blank">Wikipedia list</a>. This list was envisioned and written by GSoW and during the 6 months we focused on this Book Project we completely expanded this list of over 500 books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What happened is that GSoW went through a complete turnaround with its training, organization and leadership. It was a massive change that I called GSoW 3.14, because of this we lost our focus on the Skeptic Book Project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I apologize to anyone out there that was expecting great skeptic book pages to be turning out every couple days. The fact is that it takes a very long time to write a Wikipedia page correctly and everyone on my team has busy lives and we are all volunteers after-all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Enough with the excuses, lets see what we did turn out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Several of these books were not done in the last 6 months, but in the last few years. I'm going to include them anyway as they were created by GSoW and well worth some extra attention from our community. </span><br />
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<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_the_Chupacabra" target="_blank"><i>Tracking the Chupacabra</i></a> by Ben Radford was created by Nathan Miller in June 2013. </span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sold_My_Soul_on_eBay" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></a></span>
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sold_My_Soul_on_eBay" target="_blank">I Sold my Soul on E-bay</a> </i>by Hemant Mehta re-written by Christine Daley Feb 2014</span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Astronomy" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></a></span>
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Astronomy" target="_blank">Bad Astronomy</a> </i>by Phil Plait was created also by Nathan Miller as well as Plait's other book <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_the_Skies!" target="_blank">Death From the Skies</a>! </i></span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Sent_Me" target="_blank"><i>God Sent Me: A Textbook Case on Evolution vs. Creation</i> </a>was a Wikipedia page I wrote after reading a review of the book in a Skeptical Inquirer magazine. The book was written by Jeffery Selman. </span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tracking the Chupacabra"}"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":39425,"3":{"1":0},"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif","18":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The Psychology of the Psychic"}"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychology_of_the_Psychic" target="_blank"><i>The Psychology of the Psychic</i></a> written by </span></span>David Marks was created by April Poff</span><br />
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<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paranormality"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormality_(book)" target="_blank"><i>Paranormality</i></a> by Richard Wiseman I wrote March 2016</span></span><br />
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<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paranormality"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_Blues:_Confessions_of_a_Conflicted_Medium" target="_blank"><i>Psychic Blues</i></a> written by Mark Edward received a brand new page by April Poff</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paranormality"}"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind:_How_to_Think_Like_Sherlock_Holmes" target="_blank">Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes</a> </i>by </span>Maria Konnikova was written by <span style="text-align: center;">Janyce Boynton</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flim-Flam!" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></span>
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":41921,"3":{"1":0},"9":0,"10":1,"11":3,"12":0,"16":10,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Flim-Flam!"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flim-Flam!" target="_blank"><i>Flim-Flam!</i> </a>by James Randi was rewritten in August 2014</span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":41921,"3":{"1":0},"9":0,"10":1,"11":3,"12":0,"16":10,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Flim-Flam!"}" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":41921,"3":{"1":0},"9":0,"10":1,"11":3,"12":0,"16":10,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Flim-Flam!"}"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":33537,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mysterious New Mexico"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:VaDawn/sandbox" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Mysterious New Mexico</a><i> </i>written by Ben Radford was written by April Poff</span></span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":41921,"3":{"1":0},"9":0,"10":1,"11":3,"12":0,"16":10,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Flim-Flam!"}" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":33537,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mysterious New Mexico"}"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":41921,"3":{"1":0},"9":0,"10":1,"11":3,"12":0,"16":10,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Flim-Flam!"}"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":33537,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0,"18":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mysterious New Mexico"}"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot:_The_Life_and_Times_of_a_Legend" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend</a> written by<i> </i></span></span>Joshua Blu Buhs received a brand new Wikipedia page from Janyce Boynton</span><br />
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Far far less than was our intention. Yet, each of these pages are strong, well researched pages that our community can be proud of.<br />
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One more thing. What do the numbers look like? How many views have these Wikipedia pages received in the time that GSoW can say they took responsibility of the page? <br />
<br />This number is only a page view count, we can not know if these are unique visitors or how long the viewer stayed on the page. Just raw page views.<br />
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As of the writing of this blog on July 31, 2016 they have received<br />
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57,016 total views<br />
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4,387 in the last 30 days<br />
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975 in the last 7 days<br />
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Still quite an achievement.<br />
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If you would like to join our project, we would love to have you. Open up a Wikipedia account, friend me on Facebook so I can add you to the Secret Cabal and write to me at GSoWteam@gmail.com<br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-10923850788554225612016-05-02T17:20:00.003-07:002016-05-02T17:20:45.379-07:00Hello Natural News Visitors! Welcome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello there Natural News visitors. Thank you so much for the publicity. Please feel free to engage with me in the comments. I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have. Keep polite and I will also. Trolls please send your messages telepathically and I'll respond in kind.<br />
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Keep in mind that Big Pharma, Big Government and my Mom will be watching and taking note of your ISP address and putting it on a list. <br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-34893104491871572192016-01-03T20:46:00.001-08:002016-01-04T04:00:29.659-08:00GSoW November and December Year End!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome all to the end of the year GSoW extravaganza for work completed November and December 2015. It was a really exciting year for us with many new editors, conferences and tours. Its all a blur to me now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a few exceptions the majority of the work completed was done by Leon Korteweg, team leader of the Dutch editing team, who seems to have his finger in every pie. His energy and skill always amazes me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had many exciting moments in 2015, one in particular is that the Center for Inquiry has elected one of GSoW's photographers to its board of directors. <a href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/news/engler_board/" target="_blank">We are talking about Brian Engler</a> whose photography can be seen all over Wikipedia articles GSoW has worked on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Another big moment for us was the creation of the brand new <a href="http://www.theesp.eu/" target="_blank">European Skeptics Podcast </a>(ESP), if you haven't already subscribed to this terrific podcast, make sure you do today. The hosts are </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">András Gábor Pintér who runs the Hungarian GSoW team, Jelena Levin on the Russian GSoW team and Pontus Böckman who for some reason has managed to avoid joining the GSoW project. We are planning on using all of their interviews for current and future Wikipedia pages. Very proud of these three!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its the beginning of a brand new year, and GSoW has already started on its focus mission that will run until the end of June 2016. We are trying to complete 100 new or rewritten Wikipedia pages for Skeptic Books, mostly taken off this list of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_skepticism" target="_blank">over 500</a>. Please feel free to add more if you see something missing. We are also hoping to create 20 Did You Know? articles and five Good Articles (GA) which is a category on Wikipedia for well good pages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book project is a passion of mine as I once was a avid reader and still have bookcases filled with old favorites as well as others looking at me wondering when I'm going to get started reading them. We selected this theme because it allowed our editors to be able to work in the areas that interested them most, natural sciences, UFO's, Psychics, general knowledge or whatever they wanted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be sure to look at the bottom of this blog for recent mentions of the GSoW project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy and Happy New Year!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Allianz vun Humanisten, Atheisten an Agnostiker</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allianz_vun_Humanisten,_Atheisten_an_Agnostiker">Brand new page</a> - AHA! is the only explicitly skeptical association in Luxembourg (a little over half a million inhabitants), with a clear focus on refuting religious claims, equal rights for all citizens regardless of persuasion, secular education and keeping religion out of politics. Leon translated this article from German, and searched for more reliable sources in German, French, English and Luxembourgish; with Dutch as his mother tongue, this required switching between five languages in total. Reviewed by April, Janyce and Susan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Religion in Luxembourg</b></span> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Luxembourg&direction=prev&oldid=691732714">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Luxembourg&direction=next&oldid=691823549">after</a> - Leon Korteweg added and updated information regarding religious demographics in Luxembourg in the past 15 years, taking into account changes and debates on church-state separation, child abuse in the Catholic church, the freedom to leave religion and the rise of the secular community, especially AHA!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Aron Ra</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aron_Ra&oldid=687714119">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aron_Ra&oldid=689205581">after</a> - Aron Ra has been influential in the online creation vs. evolution debate, the science versus religion/pseudoscience debate in general, and has been a public speaker for skepticism around the world in recent years. We were notified that a new page had been created, but it was quite incomplete and contained errors. Leon Korteweg, aided by Pieter Droogendijk, set out to finish the article properly, and also let René van Elst upload the photo of the lecture Aron held in May in Utrecht, the Netherlands (which was actually organised by Leon). While we were working on this page and before Leon translated it to Dutch (see below), someone we don't know also published a <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ra">Swedish version</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Central Secular Council</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Secular_Council">Brand new page</a> - This is the highest institutional body of the organised secular movement in Belgium. Leon translated it from French and added new Dutch info. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Centre d'action laïque</b></span> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_d%27action_la%C3%AFque">Brand new page</a> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the umbrella of the all secular organisations in French-speaking Belgium. Leon translated it from French and added extra references. Reviewed by Cédric van Walleghem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ex-Muslims_of_Britain">Brand new page</a> - The CEMB is a UK association that seeks to provide a safe haven for people who have left Islam, and a platform for rational criticism of Islam regarding its factual claims and (un)ethical teachings. Most text was split off from the existing article of Central Council of Ex-Muslims and expanded with info on the #ExMuslimBecause campaign by Leon Korteweg. Some info was inserted in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostasy_in_Islam&type=revision&diff=696216622&oldid=694997751">Apostasy in Islam</a> as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Humanistisch Verbond</b></span> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistisch_Verbond">Brand new page</a> - The largest humanist association in the Netherlands, which plays an important role in challenging religious privilege and claims, and providing a community for nonbelievers. Translation from Dutch by Leon Korteweg, aided by Remmelt Ellen.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Maajid Nawaz popularised the term 'regressive<br />left' for those hesitant to criticise Islam.<br />Eugene Regis CC-BY-SA 2.0</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Maajid Nawaz</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz">Brand new page</a> - Leon translated the English lede of this article to Dutch. Maajid Nawaz is an influential British reformist Muslim, who is trying to intellectually fight islamism and jihadism, persuading Muslims to abandon those theocratic tendencies, without having to apostatise completely. Well-known New Atheist author Sam Harris has recently started collaborating with him to enable the dialogue on the need to reform Islam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Regressive left</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regressive_left">Brand new page</a> - "The first step in solving a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">problem is to recognize </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that it does exist." (Zig Ziglar). This </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is true for pretty much any </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">topic of concern to skeptics</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, who often face</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the question 'What's </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the harm?' This requires us </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to highlight the possible </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">consequences of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">denying potentially harmful ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Political </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Islam or Islamism, and its </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">especially violent </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">subcategory of Jihadism, shouldn't be exceptions. However,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these are branches of a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">religion that nowadays (often with violent </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blackmail) demands and – all too often receives – an amazing amount of undeserved respect that no other extraordinary </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">belief system seems to even </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">come close to. Especially </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">amongst many Western </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">liberals, there is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tendency to exempt Islam, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sometimes even in its most </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">harmful expressions, from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">any fair and open inquiry, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">criticism, or satire. They state various reasons – perhaps best summarised overall as 'political correctness' – none of which </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">appear to stand up under </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scrutiny. Such liberals have</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> been dubbed the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"regressive left" by Maajid </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nawaz (see above), to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">distinguish them from the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"progressive left" that he </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deems *is* prepared to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">criticise Islam and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">especially its theocratic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">forms. Leon Korteweg <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Regressive_left&oldid=692109127">originally published</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this page in November, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it has since been </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">expanded and challenged from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">many sides. At the moment of writing, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this page is still </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">controversial and <b>nominated for deletion</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Regressive_left">looks </a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Regressive_left">like</a> it will be kept.<br />UPDATE: Maajid Nawaz himself <a href="https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/683104111974330368">has commented</a> on the matter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vereniging_tegen_de_Kwakzalverij&oldid=646447176">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vereniging_tegen_de_Kwakzalverij&direction=next&oldid=689165708">after</a> - Listing all chairs since this oldest skeptical organisation was founded in 1881. By Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ambiguïteitsdrogreden</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (ambiguity fallacy) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigu%C3%AFteitsdrogreden">Brand new page</a> - Category of informal logical fallacies that rely on ambiguous usage of language.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Amfibolie</span></b> (amphiboly) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfibolie">Brand new page</a> - A kind of ambiguity fallacy, invoked by confusing two ways in which a sentence can be interpreted grammatically. By Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Equivocatie</span></b> (equivocation) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocatie">Brand new page</a> - A kind of ambiguity fallacy, invoked by confusing two meanings of the same word (homonyms). By Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Argumentum ad antiquitatem</b></span> (appeal to tradition) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_antiquitatem">Brand new page</a> - An informal fallacy that argues something must be right, just because it's been believed or practised for a very long time, ignoring the possibility it could have been wrong all along. By Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Aron Ra</b></span> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ra">Brand new page</a> - Translated from English (see above) by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon Korteweg</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Centrale Vrijzinnige Raad</b></span> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrale_Vrijzinnige_Raad">Brand new page</a> - Leon from French and new Dutch info.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Centre d'action laïque</b></span> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_d%27Action_La%C3%AFque">Brand new page</a> - Leon from French (see above).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">One of dozens of ex-Muslim tweets that<br />were made into memes by the CEMB.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain</span></b> - Before & after - Leon Korteweg expanded it with info on the #ExMuslimBecause campaign.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>De Ranitz</b></span> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sebastiaan_Mattheus_Sigismund_de_Ranitz_(1846-1916)&oldid=42463738">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sebastiaan_Mattheus_Sigismund_de_Ranitz_(1846-1916)&oldid=45581943">after</a> - Leon Korteweg took on an (increasingly?) popular conspiracy theory that king William III of the Netherlands was not the real father of queen Wilhelmina, but sir S.M.S. de Ranitz; he would have 'saved the monarchy' by creating desperately needed offspring. The three most common arguments that claimants (especially republican activists, who seek to abolish the royalty) cite in their defence don't appear to hold up under scrutiny. Another Wikipedian elaborated on the matter, providing additional reliable sources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hizb ut-Tahrir</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hizb_ut-Tahrir&oldid=45294240">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hizb_ut-Tahrir&oldid=45409612">after</a> - Leon countered one-sided claims (using a slippery slope fallacy) as if this was a 'terrorist' organisation that should be outlawed everywhere, providing a list of countries where it is legal and where it is not. Although an islamist organisation, it seeks to seize power through military coups, not through armed rebellion (jihadism) let alone by targeting civilians (terrorism), and therefore some countries have deemed it proper not to prohibit their activities, lest they go underground and become uncontrollable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jihadisme</span></b> (jihadism) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jihadisme&oldid=42985915">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jihadisme&oldid=45413378">after</a> - Leon Korteweg renamed the page from 'jihadi' and massively expanded it to describe the origins of the term, how its usage changed over the last 25 years, how differs from terms like Islam, Islamism and (jihadist) terrorism. Defining these terms is useful to distinguish between the majority of ordinary Muslims who do not support <i>jihad</i> (holy war) as it is currently being practised around the world, and the relatively small yet important and dangerous minority of Muslims who sympathise with or even participate in it.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Justin Bieber infamously committing the No true<br />Scotsman fallacy against his own fans (2011).</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">No true Scotsman</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman">Brand new page</a> - Translated from English by Leon Korteweg, rearranged and examples given from recently published books by two Dutch-speaking skeptical philosophers, Maarten Boudry and Floris van den Berg, whom the Dutch team (Coen, Wim, Emile, Leon) has written about earlier.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This logical fallacy is invoked to save the perception we would like have of a certain group, especially a group of people we're part of and like, or a different group that we dislike, by (temporarily) excluding a person or people that belong(s) to the group, but do(es) not conform to the expected behaviour of that group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Regressief links</span></b> (regressive left) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regressief_links">Brand new page</a> - After writing it in English, Leon translated it to Dutch. Unlike on English Wikipedia, its existence has not been controversial so far, nor have Dutch Wikipedians changed it, so this page has stayed close to the original design.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sam Harris</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - </span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris_(schrijver)&oldid=43412424" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris_(schrijver)&oldid=45390389">after</a> - By Leon. Added his new book with Maajid Nawaz, <i>Islam and the Future of Tolerance</i>, and his part in the 'New Atheism' movement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Stichting Skepsis</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stichting_Skepsis&oldid=42780138">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stichting_Skepsis&oldid=45260151">after</a> - Notable controversies the Dutch Skeptics have been involved in, a new board picture (arranged by Leon at the recent Skepsis Congres). By Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Suggestieve vraag</span></b> (suggestive question) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggestieve_vraag">Brand new page</a> (partly split off from 'strikvraag', which appears to not be an actual logical fallacy) - It's not clear what the exact difference is between this fallacy and several related terms, such as 'loaded question', 'leading question' and 'many questions', especially considering the literature on several of them use the classic 'Have you stopped beating your wife?' example to illustrate why it's fallacious. Despite terminological problems, Leon Korteweg presented 5 forms of a suggestive question that people (especially in law & order) should avoid during cross examinations, to prevent false accusations, false confessions and distorting eyewitness testimony. Assisted by Wim Vandenberghe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vereniging_tegen_de_Kwakzalverij&oldid=44959209">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vereniging_tegen_de_Kwakzalverij&oldid=45542350">after</a> - Listing all chairs since this oldest skeptical organisation was founded in 1881. By Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Vitus Bruinsma</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitus_Bruinsma&oldid=45542348">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitus_Bruinsma&oldid=45596439">after</a> - Added picture and some references and categories to a newly written article about (arguably) one of the first Dutch skeptics ever, cofounder of the VtdK, (arguably) the oldest skeptical organisation in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Loretta Marron</span></b> - <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0" target="_blank">Brand new page</a> - By Svetlana Bavykina, translated from English. Marron is the CEO of Friends of Science in Medicine, which has challenged numerous false and dubious claims from alternative mecidine, and warning the public about these treatments. Australian Skeptics named her Skeptic of the Year three times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gábor Hraskó</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1bor_Hrask%C3%B3">Brand new page</a> - By András G. Pintér, translated from Hungarian. Hraskó is chair of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) and president of the Hungarian Skeptics Society (SzT), and active as a science communicator and skeptical spokesperson in Hungary's national media.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Massimo Pigliucci</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - </span><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Pigliucci" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brand new page</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - By Raffaella. Pigliucci is an Italian-American philosopher and skeptic, co-host of the <i>Rationally Speaking</i> podcast with Julia Galef, and co-author of the 2013 book <i>Philosophy of Pseudoscience </i>with Maarten Boudry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Photos</b></span> from the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Skepsis_Congres_2015">Skepsis Congres 2015</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Book covers</span></b> added to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Scientific_skepticism_media">Category:Scientific skepticism media</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Logos</b></span> of Giordano Bruno Foundation, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Former_Muslims_organizations">ex-Muslim organisations</a>, Skeptic Society (Russia), HuJo and HVV (Flemish humanists).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://theesp.eu/podcast%20archive/episode_001_gabor_hrasko.html">TheESP - European Skeptics Podcast Ep #001 feat. an interview with Gábor Hraskó</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/ep-88-susan-gerbic-leader-of-guerrilla-skepticism-on-wikipedia" target="_blank">Friendly Atheist Podcast interview with Susan Gerbic</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2035%20%282015%29%20No%204%20%28Cover%29.pdf" target="_blank"><br /></a></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2035%20%282015%29%20No%204%20%28Cover%29.pdf" target="_blank">Australian Skeptic Magazine interview with Susan Gerbic</a></span><br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-47372350494894039642015-11-26T09:09:00.001-08:002015-11-26T09:18:48.612-08:00Vera de Kok - WikiMedia & GSoW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In November 2015 The Wikipedia community was awarded the Erasmus Prize for "For "[promoting] the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally accessible encyclopaedia. To achieve that, the initiators of Wikipedia have designed a new and effective democratic platform. The prize specifically recognises Wikipedia as a community — a shared project that involves tens of thousands of volunteers around the world.""</div>
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<span data-offset-key="aqplt-0-0">In this video the first person you see is GSoW member and WikiMedia admin Vera de Kok. I want you to know how proud we are of Vera, she has been a part of the GSoW project since March 2012, when she was deleting one of my images I was uploading because it did not have the correct licensing. Vera noticed the "theme" of many of my images and realized that we shared a lot in common, we both were critical thinkers out to improve Wikipedia for the betterment of everyone. And we both loved photography.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2s4jt-0-0">Vera has not only uploaded thousands of photos taken personally, but has been responsible for adding 11,552 images (so far) and audio to WikiMedia Commons in order for them to be used freely on the Internet and in Wikipedia projects. </span></div>
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There is no way to be able to show you a representative sample of her achievements as they are far too numerous. But if you are curious about what she has achieved take a look at her WikiMedia Contribution account. </div>
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<span data-offset-key="76pa8-0-0">To be clear, Vera did not win the Erasmus Prize, but she is one of many bright lights in the world of Wikipedia that is doing far more than her share of work. She is one of many amazing people who volunteer their time helping to educate the world. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="845cv-0-0">We at GSoW are very proud of WikiMedia and very very proud that we count Vera de Kok as one of our own. </span></div>
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Thank you Vera for all that you do. </div>
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-15518557550165749622015-11-04T18:54:00.005-08:002015-11-28T22:21:55.654-08:00September - October 2015 Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The GSoW tour of Australia, Hong Kong and Dongguan, China is all over. What a blast meeting people, so many of you have been following the project and are big fans of the work we are doing. Thank you for your kind words and support. If you are interested, I have managed to upload <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7VAuaQDhPTUhY_QvlSlXkzxDyJdys8al" target="_blank">lots of video</a> and photos from that trip. I lectured about GSoW to eight different skeptic groups and have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRsnYAfrCGRu9gXmOTWOBtO8wpIpx7upS" target="_blank">several of these also uploaded</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We at GSoW are working on some changes for 2016, as we are a all-volunteer group these things take time and will eventually get done, just as time permits. We hope to roll out a new project soon called Stat Badger and is made possible by friend of GSoW, Kyle Polich. If you are a fan of statistics you should check out his podcast <a href="http://dataskeptic.com/" target="_blank">Data Skeptic</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also coming January 2016 the GSoW focus is going to be on creating/rewriting Wikipedia pages for skeptical books. We have a list with over 500 listed on it, only about 10 percent have Wikipedia pages and of those 50 most pages aren't in good condition. We are aiming for GSoW to complete 100 Wikipedia pages, 20 to become Did You Know's.<br /><br />We are also looking into making GSoW into a non-profit. This will make it easier for us to receive donations that we can use for outreach. Our audience is the skeptical community, so we need to be present at conferences. Travel and expenses related to conference attendance can get expensive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are lots of awesomeness below for you to enjoy, please check out the before and afters. Share this blog and leave us comments. And thank you for being here for us.</span><br />
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<b style="color: red; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; text-align: center;">Make sure you check out the <a href="http://www.csicop.org/si/show/is_wikipedia_a_conspiracy_common_myths_explained" target="_blank">Skeptical Inquirer Article about Wikipedia Myths</a></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Susan Gerbic is now a <a href="http://www.csicop.org/si/show/ten_distinguished_scientists_and_scholars_named_fellows_of_committee_for_sk" target="_blank">Scientific and Technical Consultant for Center Skeptical Inquiry</a> (CSI)</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Stichting Skepsis updates</b></span>. The Dutch skeptics foundation, Stichting Skepsis, has been revamping their website. Leon Korteweg checked and corrected whether URLs from Wikipedia to <a href="http://skepsis.nl/">Skepsis.nl</a> still worked. Some WP articles needed no update at all (yet), others just a better referencing format and/or a new URL here and there, and a few are in such a bad shape in general that he had to go and edit them properly. Although most link from the Dutch Wikipedia, some subjects are addressed on English Wikipedia as well (see English Team).<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">– <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Adelbert Nelissen</b></span> - </span></span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adelbert_Nelissen&oldid=44108306">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adelbert_Nelissen&direction=next&oldid=45161996">After</a> - A Dutch macrobiotics quack who was (partly) responsible for the death of at least 4 people. He recommended far-fetched pseudoscientific diets to 'get yin and yang balanced' or something, and vehemently dissuaded patients from seeking help from the "medical and nutritional establishment", because doctors will perform any surgery without permission if it makes them money (classic 'Big Pharma' conspiracy theories).</div>
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I read the <a href="http://www.skepsis.nl/kushi.html">really sad story</a> about a man (formerly a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_van_Duijn">well-known politician</a>) whose wife became one of the victims, because she was too afraid to do simple surgery to prevent cervical cancer. Instead, she preferred all kinds of expensive woo woo diets and treatments on Nelissen's advice, wasting valuable time and money. The husband tried everything to persuade her, but didn't want to violate her free choice and physical integrity. They ended up divorced and she died. His story sent a shock through the country in 1998, and other victims came forward. Together they sued Nelissen, who was eventually convicted.<br />
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Most of Nelissen's WP page was rather promotional of him, almost hagiographic. It said stuff like 'Using cooking lessons and his inspiring lectures, he inspired many to [lead] a more healthy lifestyle. With his direct, intelligent and investigative approach, he challenged many dogmas of established medical and nutritional science'. I changed it to 'Using cooking lessons and his lectures, he encouraged many to [lead] a different lifestyle. With his direct and investigative approach, he challenged much of the knowledge of regular medical and nutritional science', which I think is much more neutral.</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Masaru Emoto</b></span> -</span></span></span> Before & After - The Japanese pseudoscientist who claims to have proven water has memory and has a healing effect on people. He was already categorised as a "pseudoscientist", but I added Rob Nanninga and Gerrie Croonen saying that as well in the 'skepticism' section. I added an extra Skepsis article, and asked for sources for several more claims, including an unsourced counter-claim by scientists.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rasti Rostelli</span></b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- </span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rasti_Rostelli&oldid=45163619" style="font-family: inherit;">Before</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> & </span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rasti_Rostelli&direction=next&oldid=45166135" style="font-family: inherit;">After</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Improved the criticism section with an exposé and </span><a href="http://kloptdatwel.nl/2015/10/23/nanninga-versus-rostelli-in-het-zwarte-schaap/" style="font-family: inherit;">TV show episode (21:28)</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> wherein Rob Nanninga exposes the tricks Rostelli used in his performances, which he dishonestly calls 'mere suggestion' when it's a real chemical reaction or 'telekinesis' when it's just a simple </span>magician's<span style="font-family: inherit;"> physics trick. Also, Rostelli doesn't warn that some of his tricks are actually dangerous, nor does he take care of harm done to participants afterwards.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rob Nanninga</span></b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Nanninga&oldid=44841471">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Nanninga&direction=next&oldid=44841471">After</a> - Included the Rostelli exposure, see above.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Alfred Vogel </b>- <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Vogel&oldid=44108334">Before</a> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">&</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Vogel&oldid=45154099">After</a> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">-</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">he Swiss homeopath whose 'flagship' product 'Echinaforce' appears to be completely ineffective. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;">T</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;">here was already a criticism section, but it was a bit out of order. Also added </span>Arjen Lubach<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;">'s satire.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Good Thinking Society investigates Peter Popoff</span></b>: Michael Marshall and a colleague show how Popoff persuades people to send him money for empty promises and near-worthless trinkets in return, and how a stage 'healing' was probably faked.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">– </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Good Thinking Society</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Thinking_Society&oldid=44630070">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Thinking_Society&direction=next&oldid=44630070">After</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">– </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Peter Popoff</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popoff&direction=prev&oldid=44961777">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popoff&direction=next&oldid=44961777">After</a> - There was barely any information on Dutch Wikipedia so far; we doubled the contents.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Al Seckel (1958–2015).<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Joi Ito CC-BY-SA 2.0.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Al Seckel</b></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Seckel&oldid=44959709">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Seckel&oldid=44961474">After</a> - Assessment of apparent date of death by Leon Korteweg. There is still much uncertainty on this point.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Paul Verhaeghe</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Verhaeghe&oldid=44544243">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Verhaeghe&oldid=44927114">After</a> - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Criticism against his psychoanalytical views were presented as a 'conspiracy' amongst a group of philosophers and journalists, as if he was being persecuted. In fact, just a handful of </span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">individual </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">philosophers and one journalist criticised his views separately, there was no coordinated 'attack'. The skeptics were not properly mentioned by name, nor their critical articles referenced. (Ironically, the psychoanalysts later published a collective manifesto against the 'scientistic' skeptics themselves, doing exactly what Verhaeghe's page falsely accused their opponents of doing).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Parapsychology research at SRI</span></b> - rewrite by April Poff - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parapsychology_research_at_SRI&oldid=680146055" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychology_research_at_SRI" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Australian Skeptics</span></b> - Grand rewrite by Michelle Franklin - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Skeptics&oldid=621918459" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Skeptics" target="_blank">After</a>. Michelle did major improvements to the article, which was then presented by Susan Gerbic at the Australian Skeptics National Convention in October 2015.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Louis Fles</span></b> - rewrite by April Poff, reviewed by Leon Korteweg. Featured as a Did You Know? on 28 October 2015. - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Fles&oldid=659771605" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fles" target="_blank">After</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jon-Erik Beckjord </span></b>- rewrite by Janyce Boynton - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon-Erik_Beckjord&oldid=681655759" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Beckjord" target="_blank">After</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Al Seckel</b></span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Seckel&oldid=677182284">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Seckel&direction=next&oldid=677182284">After</a> - </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Assessment of apparent date of death by Susan Gerbic, Jerod Lycett and others. There is still much uncertainty on this point. Also added an infobox.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Alfred Vogel</span></b> - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Vogel&oldid=667644290">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Vogel&direction=next&oldid=667644290">After</a> - </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"> After the improvements on Dutch Wikipedia (see above) Leon Korteweg</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"> copypaste-translated the criticism section </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Vogel&type=revision&diff=686868530&oldid=667644290" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #241be0; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">to English Wikipedia</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;">, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and debunked the whole Ben Black Elk story in the Travels section. He deleted the appeal to tradition claim that 'The Sioux had known of this plant for generations and used it as an all-round remedy: externally for snakebites, wounds and bruising and internally for strengthening the immune system', which had been challenged since October 2011.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Good Thinking Society investigates Peter Popoff</span></b>: see above.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Good Thinking Society</span></b> - Before & After - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See above.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Michael Marshall (skeptic)</span></b> - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before & After - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See above.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Peter Popoff</span></b> - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before & After - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See above.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sue Ion</span></b> - rewrite by Janyce Boyton - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sue_Ion&oldid=677374703" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Ion" target="_blank">After</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rob Nanninga</span></b> - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Nanninga&oldid=669057597">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Nanninga&direction=next&oldid=669057597">After</a> - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See above.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Paul Cliteur</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cliteur">Brand New Page</a> - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Dutch Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy, he is a well-known critic of religion in general and Islam in particular, and an advocate for atheism, secularism, free speech, animal rights etc. Leon Korteweg recorded his voice intro, improved, expanded and translated his biography, reviewed by April Poff and Janyce Boynton.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ECSO board meeting in London.</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">András Pintér CC-BY-SA 4.0.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>European Skeptics Congress photos and voice intros</b></span>: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:European_Skeptics_Congress_2015">Brand New Category</a>. Contributions by András Pintér and Leon Korteweg.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">– Amardeo Sarma<br />– Tim Trachet<br />– Johan Braeckman<br />– Deborah Hyde</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">– Julia Offe<br />– Klaus Schmeh<br />– Martin Mahner<br />– Andrew Copson<br />– Ian Scott<br />– Paul De Belder<br />– Edzard Ernst<br />– Tomasz Witkowski</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">– Maciej Zatonski</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">– And more...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Karin Spaink. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">René van Elst </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">CC-BY-SA 4.0.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Photos of Karin Spaink (Freethinker of the Year 2015), Paul Scheffer and a voice intro of Karin Spaink. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karin_Spaink&oldid=659709141">English before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karin_Spaink&oldid=689037749">English after</a> – <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karin_Spaink&oldid=43210408">Dutch before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karin_Spaink&oldid=45254050">Dutch after</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Skepsis Congres photos and voice intros</b></span>: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Skepsis_Congres_2015">Brand New Category</a>. Contributions by Leon Korteweg.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had three <span style="font-size: x-large;">Did You Know?</span> articles this time...</span></span><br />
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Practical Skepticism Panel from TAM13 - <a href="http://thoughtfulconduit.com/whatdoesthismean/?p=640" target="_blank">Blog from The Thoughtful Conduit</a><br />
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Skeptic Zone - <a href="http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-364-11oct2015" target="_blank">Maynard interviews Susan Gerbic at the Sydney SitP 28:33</a><br />
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Saltklypa - <a href="http://www.saltklypa.no/e/104-%E2%80%93-intervju-med-mark-edward/" target="_blank">Norwegian podcast with a segment in English</a>, interview with Mark Edward who talks about the GSoW project 30:00 +/- <br />
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Hopes&Fears Magazine - <a href="http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/media/216577-hoax-busters-planned-parenthood-anti-vaxxer-disinformation" target="_blank">Hoax Busters Article</a><br />
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Rea<span style="font-family: inherit;">lity Check Pod</span>cast - <a href="http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-367-susan-gerbic-of-gsow-industry-funded-studies-deaths-from-heat-and-cold/" target="_blank">Interview with Susan Gerbic about GSoW</a><br />
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Skepticality - <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/the-dr-bo-show/" target="_blank">Interview with GSoW editor April Poff</a><br />
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Skepticality - Interview with <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/good-thinking/" target="_blank">GSoW Hungarian Team Leader <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">András Pintér</span></a><br />
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Susan and David Young are <a href="http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?p=2505&e=329617&d=2015-10-22&m=episode" target="_blank">interviewed on a Hong Kong radio show</a> about GSoW and more<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These are the notes from the GSoW lecture given on October 17, 2015. Here you will find the examples given on screen and even more goodies. Enjoy and Share</span><br />
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Australian Skeptics - rewrite by Michelle Franklin - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Skeptics&oldid=621918459" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Skeptics" target="_blank">After</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amanda Bauer - Greg Neilson - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Bauer">Brand New Page</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friends Of Science In Medicine - Christine Daley</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friends_of_Science_in_Medicine&oldid=603192262" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Science_in_Medicine" target="_blank">After</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Rachael Dunlop</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Dunlop" target="_blank">new page</a> (with audio) written by new editor Sean Whitcomb. Rachael was also featured on the front page of English Wikipedia as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/March#8_March_2014" target="_blank">Did You Know</a>... <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Rachael%20Dunlop" target="_blank">Here are the stat views during that day</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maynard - Greg Neilson<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maynard_(broadcaster)&oldid=600003421" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_(broadcaster)" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherri_Tenpenny&oldid=645253364" target="_blank">before</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Tenpenny" target="_blank">after</a> for Sherri Tenpenny. The work on this page was completed by Susan Gerbic and two non-GSoW skeptics, Joe Alabaster and Phil Kent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stephanie Messenger (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Messenger" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a>) - Susan Gerbic - This is the anti-vax author of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie%27s_Marvelous_Measles" target="_blank">Melanie's Marvelous Measles</a> which encourages children to seek out and embrace measles in order to make themselves stronger. The Melanie's Marvelous Measles Wikipedia page was written by Susan Gerbic in May 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Franklin House (Launceston) page rewritten while at the Launceston Workshop - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_House_(Launceston)&action=history" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_House_(Launceston)" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_Society_of_New_South_Wales" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Astronomical Society of New South Wales</a><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - new page created by Greg Neilson</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_Society_of_Victoria" target="_blank">Astronomical Society of Victoria</a> - Greg Neilson </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launceston_Skeptics" target="_blank">Launceston Skeptics</a> brand new page created by Susan Gerbic</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northern_Rivers_Vaccination_Supporters" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a>) - This page was written by one of the new English editors, James Williams Fun Fact - The NRVS people were unaware of the creation of their Wikipedia page, it was decided that as the Brisbane Skeptics were having a SkeptiCamp on Saturday July 4th and at least one member of the NRVS team would be in attendance, GSoW would delay announcement of the page. Susan Gerbic and James Williams gave the skepticamp organizers a video where James surprised the audience with the page. <a href="https://youtu.be/hqhOWTZMJxQ" target="_blank">Video here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrick_Couch" target="_blank">Warrick Couch</a> - by editor Greg Neilson was a brand new creation. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bart Bok - Greg Neilson - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bart_Bok&oldid=608803288" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Bok" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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Priscilla Fairfield Bok - Brand new page in Spanish by Monica Quijano<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Skeptic Zone - <a href="http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-364-11oct2015" target="_blank">Maynard interviews Susan Gerbic at the Sydney SitP 28:33</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reality Check Podcast - <a href="http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-367-susan-gerbic-of-gsow-industry-funded-studies-deaths-from-heat-and-cold/" target="_blank">Interview with Susan Gerbic about GSoW</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Scathing Atheist</i> - <a href="http://scathingatheist.libsyn.com/scathingatheist-132-guerrilla-skeptics-on-wikipedia-edition" target="_blank">Susan Gerbic interview</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://skeptoid.com/blog/2015/08/07/guerrilla-skepticism-wikipedia/" target="_blank"><i>Skeptoid</i> guest article</a> by Susan Gerbic</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Skeptic Zone</i> - <a href="http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-356-16aug2015" target="_blank">Richard Saunders interviews Susan Gerbic about the GSoW vaccine project.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Skeptical Inquirer Magazine</i> - Vol 39 No 5 September/October 2015 - pgs 52-53 "Is Wikipedia a Conspiracy? Common Myths Explained" - Susan Gerbic (print version only)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Skepticality</i> "Future Climate Thoughts" Susan Gerbic segment - <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/future-climate-thoughts/" target="_blank">"Assignment 6"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2014/09/skeptics-with-a-k-episode-130/">Shoutout from <i>Skeptics with a K</i></a> (0:00–2:20)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Daniel Loxton's <a href="http://www.skeptic.com/insight/video-tam-2013-skeptical-history-workshop/" target="_blank">Insight Blog</a> about TAM 2013 workshop on Preserving Skeptic History</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />CFI Summit - <a href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_227_-_skeptical_investigation_and_activism_part_ii" target="_blank">Workshop</a> - October 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/sbm-on-wikipedia-in-every-language/" target="_blank">Science Based Medicine</a> - Steven Novella - Why Wikipedia is so important concerning medical pages.</span></div>
sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-22781329679378650672015-09-07T18:48:00.002-07:002015-09-12T08:09:12.403-07:00July - August 2015 GSoW Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So much work done and so much more to go. What a crazy two months it has been for GSoW. Personally I (Susan) will be on tour in Australia and Hong Kong for the month of October, we are finalizing the dates and locations. (see below for the dates I have so far). I have ten lectures and one panel scheduled so far. Each one will be different, so if you are in the area, please come out and support GSoW.<br />
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As I write this, awesome things are happening. Four new people are finishing up their final projects and I think you will be amazed at the quality of their work (see Sept-Oct update). Most people who join GSoW have no editing skills and learn from the very beginning. Some struggle with the most basic edits, but with patience and mentoring, we get them through the process of learning the code and onto the exciting fun parts of the meat of the training.<br />
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Also keep in mind that below are mostly the big updates, the pages that have been re-created or brand new. There is a lot of work happening in small edits, a few sentences or a photo added that can really make a difference to a Wikipedia page. Those edits are too plentiful to include here on this blog, but we appreciate them all the same. <br />
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Please leave us comments (we LOVE feedback) and share this blog on your social media areas. We only exist because of our editors. And we only find these editors from our community. Help us reach out to those people who are a great fit for us.<br />
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Skeptic Voice Audio additions (Thank you to Derek Colanduno from Skepticality Podcast who is asking his guests for audio and uploading it for us, if you have access to recording audio for us please be in touch and we will be happy to help you make it happen)<br />
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<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Allen_Paulos_audio.ogg" target="_blank">John Allen Paulos</a><br />
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<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_of_Skeptics" target="_blank">Audio of skeptics</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Flying Spaghetti Monster logo of Apostacon.</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Apostacon</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostacon&oldid=578037503">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostacon&oldid=676223485">After</a> - As can be seen, this was an extremely poorly written page that read more like an advertisement than an encyclopedic entry when Leon Korteweg stumbled upon it. One would almost call it a miracle that it was never deleted. After some research, it turned out that the 'Midwest Humanist Conference' is the name of an annual skeptical/atheist/freethough/humanist conference, since 2013 known as 'Apostacon', which did ring a bell. A thorough rewrite later, this article was touched by His Noodly Appendage, and included in the List of skeptical conferences, right on time for the next event on 18–20 September 2015.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dean Cameron (2nd left). Susan Gerbic CC-BY-SA 4.0</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dean Cameron</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean_Cameron&oldid=676425752" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Cameron" target="_blank">After</a> - Susan Gerbic - I really enjoyed learning the tiny things like he rarely uses capital letters and that he became a musician because in 9th grade a girl asked him if he played an instrument and he lied and said he did, then spent the next 6 months learning to play the guitar.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_BfUTHoht8MfbMmQuNvZmH3XEJx0W_p5mG_yG0F5QQg93t2pE0JaTtMr8_eMCGAJ3JXi7SU9yyWbLLfciXqpTFZ82fr9uX7aXEHeWz9sHr9-vrrGcWKS_ebHWg77aXUkZUdlmARqpRtT/s1600/480px-GlasgowSkeptics_Qblue.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_BfUTHoht8MfbMmQuNvZmH3XEJx0W_p5mG_yG0F5QQg93t2pE0JaTtMr8_eMCGAJ3JXi7SU9yyWbLLfciXqpTFZ82fr9uX7aXEHeWz9sHr9-vrrGcWKS_ebHWg77aXUkZUdlmARqpRtT/s200/480px-GlasgowSkeptics_Qblue.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Glasgow Skeptics</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetenschappelijke_consensus">Brand New Page</a> - Leon Korteweg and Julie Tomlinson, reviewed by Janyce Boynton, aided by Ian Scott. It's one of the two great skeptical organisations in Scotland.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Humani (organisation)</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humani_(organisation)&oldid=607248317">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humani_(organisation)&oldid=679462310">After</a> - When discussing religion and creationism in Northern Ireland with fellow skeptical Wikipedian Rebecca O'Neill, Leon Korteweg decided to improve the page on the Humanist Association of Northern Ireland or Humani, one of the most prominent skeptics groups in the region. An infobox with logo (see below 'Humanist logos') was added, references provided and more info supplied.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Jonathan Tweet</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Tweet&oldid=671252938" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tweet" target="_blank">After</a> - Susan Gerbic - Recently released the first book on evolution aimed at pre-schoolers called Grandmother Fish. Check it out, Xmas is coming and this is a great book for our little ones.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Jim Baggott</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baggott" target="_blank">Brand new page</a> written by Susan Gerbic - He was lecturing at TAM13 this summer and I don't think I was able to say more than Hello to him, it is so crazy there. He did an interview for Skepticality, and Derek kindly recorded audio and uploaded it for us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Kiki Sanford. Ryan Somma CC-BY-SA 2.0</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Jon Palfreman</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Palfreman">Brand New Page</a> - Janyce Boynton decided to write this article about a documentary filmmaker known for his investigate and skeptical approach to audiovisually telling stories on various topics. The page was reviewed and corrected by Lauren Carr.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Kiki Sanford</b></span> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiki_Sanford&oldid=676389803">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiki_Sanford&oldid=677954299">After</a> - Jerod Lycett did many improvements on this excellent science's communicator's biography.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Michael Marshall</span></b> (Marsh) - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Marshall_(skeptic)">Brand New Page</a> - Leon Korteweg documented the biography of arguably the most prolific skeptical activist in the UK. Marsh is probably best known as coordinator of the 10:23 Campaign, a frequently heard voice on podcasts, and speaker in many Skeptics in the Pub and conferences about bad PR. The article was proofread and corrected by Jelena Levin, Susan Gerbic, Svetlana Bavykina, Jerod Lycett and Janyce Boynton.<br />
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<b style="color: red;">National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies </b>(AHS) - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Federation_of_Atheist,_Humanist_and_Secular_Student_Societies&oldid=672027773">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Federation_of_Atheist,_Humanist_and_Secular_Student_Societies&direction=next&oldid=676579332">After</a> - Leon Korteweg added an infobox and two photos.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Non-Prophet Week</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Non-Prophet_Week&oldid=676260638">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Non-Prophet_Week&oldid=677367392">After</a> - Leon Korteweg added a logo and photo, and improved referencing and grammar.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Charlie Charlie Challenge</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Charlie_Challenge&oldid=44488010">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Charlie_Challenge&oldid=44565702">After</a> - Update by Emile Dingemans: removing unsourced <br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dry needling</span></b> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dry_needling&oldid=44720286">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dry_needling&oldid=44730282">After</a> - Small update by Emile Dingemans.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Edinburgh Skeptics</b></span> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Skeptics">Brand New Page</a> - Translated from English by Wim Vandenberghe and Leon Korteweg.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Glasgow Skeptics</b></span> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Skeptics">Brand New Page.</a> Translated from English by Leon Korteweg, who wrote the original as well (see above), reviewed by Raymond van Es and Coen de Bruijn.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Irish Skeptics Society</span></b> - The Dutch <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Skeptics_Society">Irish Skeptics Society</a> page was successfully defended by Leon Korteweg and other non-GSoW Dutch Wikipedians after a nomination for deletion. The resulting discussion concluded there were enough reliable sources, the page was not promotional, and aside from two minor wording corrections that could have been regarded as POV, everything was kept. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Skeptics_Society">English version</a> of this article was also nominated for deletion, but kept for similar reasons without interference from guerrilla skeptics; enough other Wikipedians came to its defence.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Natuurlijk</span></b> (natural) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natuurlijk&oldid=43775170">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natuurlijk&oldid=44681493">After</a> - Minor update by Emile Dingemans: removing unsourced health claims that contained appeals to nature.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Orthomoleculaire behandelwijze</span></b> (orthomolecular medicine) - Before & After. Emile Dingemans is engaged in an ongoing effort to make the article more evidence-based.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Theeboomolie</b></span> (tea tree oil) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theeboomolie&oldid=43746686">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theeboomolie&oldid=44609546">After</a> - Minor update by Emile Dingemans: adding an <br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Wetenschappelijke consensus</span></b> (scientific consensus) - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetenschappelijke_consensus">Brand New Page</a>. Translated from English by Emile Dingemans, reviewed and corrected by Leon Korteweg.<br />
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These contributions don't really fall in any language category, but it's important to note several audiovisual additions made recently to illustrate articles on several topics. These include:<br />
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The <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Humanist_organisations">category:Humanist organisations</a> and several subcategories have been created and filled with existing and newly uploaded logos of humanist groups around the world.<br />
Those with an English article, but a non-free logo, have been sorted and completed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-free_logos_of_humanist_organisations">Category:Non-free logos of humanist organisations</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Podcast intros</b></span> - Leon Korteweg - After the example given by the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_No,_Ross_and_Carrie!">Oh No, Ross and Carrie!</a></i> podcast, Leon decided to try and upload more podcast intros (usually about 30 seconds long), getting the necessary permission where needed. The really cool thing is that random Wikipedia readers can get an impression of what a podcast is like if they happen to stumble upon that page, which can arouse their interest to start listening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A simple copyright statement on a website. We encourage you to imitate this,<br />
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We'd like to take this opportunity to say to anyone who runs a skeptical podcast: make your material available under a reusable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license">Creative Commons license</a> if you want people to find you! The <span style="color: red;">Merseyside Skeptics Society</span> has given a great example in this, as a result of which we can use all of their podcast stuff <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside_Skeptics_Society#Podcasts">in their article</a>, which is just awesome. This way <i>Be Reasonable, InKredulous</i> and <i>Skeptics with a K </i>now have an audible introduction (the latter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptics_with_a_K">their own article</a> as well). Besides them, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticality"><i>Skepticality</i></a> (<span style="text-align: center;">Derek Colanduno)</span><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"> </span>and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Check_(podcast)">The Reality Check</a> </i>(Pat Roach) have also been so courteous to upload their podcast intros for us, and ultimately themselves.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Podcast logos</b></span> - Leon Korteweg - Some logos of skeptical podcasts have been added as well. The free ones, together with photos of podcasters and the aforementioned intros are all included in the new <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Skeptic_podcasts">Category:Skeptic podcasts</a>, the remaining non-free logos, together with lots of non-free covers of skeptical books, have been grouped in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Scientific_skepticism_media">Category:Scientific skepticism media</a>. Again, it would really help if you made your podcast's logo available to us either by uploading it yourself to Commons (properly licensed) or contacting us if you'd like to do so, but don't know how.<br />
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<u>European Young Humanist Summer Weekend</u><br />
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Leon Korteweg lectured about GSoW to a captive audience in Esbeek, the Netherlands. Aside from his regular explanation why skepticism on Wikipedia is important, and how the guerrilla skeptics make a change, he gave the attendees, young humanists from 12 different European countries, some practical tips on how to write a page about their own organisation, showing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Vrije_Gedachte">De Vrije Gedachte</a> as an example.<br />
There appeared to be unanimous agreement that this lecture was the most interesting of the entire weekend.<br />
* <a href="http://www.humanistischverbond.nl/mobiel/nieuws/jonge-humanisten-uit-heel-europa-op-europees-zomerweekend">Jonge humanisten op Europees zomerweekend</a>, Humanistisch Verbond (NL)<br />
* <a href="http://www.diesseits.de/panorama/1440108000/workshops-wasserschlachten-guerilla-skeptizismus-bei-wikipedia">Workshops, Wasserschlachten und Guerilla-Skeptizismus bei Wikipedia</a>, <i>Diesseits</i>, Humanistisches Verband Deutschlands (DE)<br />
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<i>The Scathing Atheist</i> - <a href="http://scathingatheist.libsyn.com/scathingatheist-132-guerrilla-skeptics-on-wikipedia-edition" target="_blank">Susan Gerbic interview</a><br />
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<a href="http://skeptoid.com/blog/2015/08/07/guerrilla-skepticism-wikipedia/" target="_blank"><i>Skeptoid</i> guest article</a> by Susan Gerbic<br />
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<i>The Skeptic Zone</i> - <a href="http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-356-16aug2015" target="_blank">Richard Saunders interviews Susan Gerbic about the GSoW vaccine project.</a><br />
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<i>Skeptical Inquirer Magazine</i> - Vol 39 No 5 September/October 2015 - pgs 52-53 "Is Wikipedia a Conspiracy? Common Myths Explained" - Susan Gerbic (print version only)<br />
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<i>Skepticality</i> "Future Climate Thoughts" Susan Gerbic segment - <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/future-climate-thoughts/" target="_blank">"Assignment 6"</a><br />
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<i>Skepticality</i> "A Conservative Skeptic" Susan Gerbic segments - <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/a-conservative-skeptic/" target="_blank">"Interview with Raffaella" and "Vaccine Project Update"</a><br />
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Newest Secret Cabal interview - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmoGr89d2KM" target="_blank">Susan Gerbic interviews Italian editor Raffaella Vitali.</a><br />
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Hope you all enjoy this update, we work very hard to get this out to you in a timely manner. If you would like to know more about us, or have questions about joining GSoW please check out our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GSoWTeam" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> and watch some of the interviews we have with the editors. We want to make sure that you understand what this project is all about, make sure this is a good fit for both of us. If you have done so and are interested in joining our team, please write to us at GSoWteam@gmail.com</div>
sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-22193735596932564392015-08-10T20:38:00.001-07:002015-08-11T16:56:44.456-07:00GSoW TAM13 Workshop flyer for editing class.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>This is the worksheet I handed out at the "Learn to edit like a GSoW editor and change the world </b></span><em style="line-height: 0.35in; orphans: 1;"><span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: ff-yoga-web-pro, Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mwahahahaahhaha! </span></span></span></em><b style="font-size: large;">workshop.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It is possible that the directions will make little sense without context. If you have questions please contact us at GSoWteam@gmail.com</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDvFSk_YifU&list=PLRsnYAfrCGRt5Yx8JLqFQlSX9eZtI3mkd&index=10" target="_blank">Video here from the actual workshop</a></b></span></div>
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edit a Wikipedia page...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1) Click on the Edit tab
at the TOP right of the page. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2) Make your change</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3) Click Preview at the
bottom of the edit screen and review your changes. If correct then
put a reason for the edit in the “Edit Summary” box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">4) Click Save</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">5) Congratulate yourself!</span></div>
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a Hyperlink... </b></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Add two brackets around
the word/phrase/name like this...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">[[James Randi]]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The words inside the
brackets must match the Wikipedia page you want to hyperlink to
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<span style="font-size: small;">NOTE - I've come to realize that the following examples of verbiage may not be the best for non-native English speakers. So below these examples I offer other examples that use more common words than "evangelism" and "billet reading". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Often an editor wants
to hyperlink to a Wikipedia page but wants other words to appear. </i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Examples... </i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>You want the page to
say... “One of his earliest reported experiences is that of seeing
an evangelist using a version of the one-ahead.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>You want to explain
what the “one-ahead” and “evangelist” is. So you want to make
a hyperlink to those Wikipedia pages that will explain what those
terms are. The Wikipedia page for “evangelist” is actually called
“Evangelism” And the Wikipedia page for “one-ahead” is
actually called “billet reading” But those words would not sound
correct to the reader of your James Randi page. </i></span>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">One of his earliest
reported experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism]] using a
version of [[billet reading]].”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>This is the correct way
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of his earliest
reported experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism|evangelist]]
using a version of the "[[billet reading|one-ahead]]"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Use the “bar symbol”
in-between the words. The “bar symbol” is located below the
backspace key. The left side is written exactly as the Wikipedia page
you want to link <u>to.</u> The right side is what you want the
reader to see.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Here are other examples
of how this sentence could look...</i></span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">According to [[James
Randi|Randi]], one of [[Ray Hyman|Hyman]]'s earliest reported
experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism|evangelist]] using a
version of the "[[billet reading|one-ahead]]"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>More examples....</b></span><br />
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This is from the Harry Houdini Wikipedia page...<br />
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" Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, [[straitjacket]]s under water, and having to escape from and [[apnea|hold his breath]] inside a sealed milk can."<br />
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Obviously if the sentence read... "and having to escape from and apnea inside a sealed milk can." it would make no sense. The phrase "hold his breath" is NOT a Wikipedia page. So we can't link to a Wikipedia page called "hold his breath" The editor wants to explain the phrase "hold his breath" for anyone who wants to know that it means "apnea".<br />
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From the Christopher Hitchens Wikipedia page...<br />
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"... <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">describing himself as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">socialist</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and a Marxist, Hitchens began his break from the established political left"</span><br />
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The word "socialist" should be defined with a hyperlink for anyone not familiar with the term. <br />
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The page you would use to get more information is called "<span class="popup_mainlink" style="background-color: #fffaef; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a class="popupNavLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Democratic_socialism" nopopup="1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a><span style="font-size: 11px;">". </span></span>Obviously the sentence "... describing himself as a Democratic socialism and a Marxist..."<br />
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So the edit when written correctly would look like this ...<br />
" describing himself as a [[Democratic socialism|socialist]] and a Marxist, Hitchens began his break from the established political left..."<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lesson 2 – Adding a
authorlink to a citation...</b></span></div>
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<li>Randi, James. "Teleportation Magic Established By
Science, At Last!”. Swift (Blog). JREF. Retrieved January 19,
2011.<br />
<i>You want to make the name James Randi hyperlink to his
Wikipedia page. </i>
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<i>First click on the “Edit” tab on
the TOP right of the Wikipedia page. </i>
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<i>Find the reference/citation that
needs to have the authorlink added to. It probably will look
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<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1194-teleportation-magic-established-by-science-at-last.html
|title=Teleportation Magic Established By Science, At Last!
|last=Randi |first=James | work=Swift |publisher=JREF |type=Blog
|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref></div>
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<i>You will add this </i>
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<i>You will add it right after the word
“James” in the citation above. It will look like this when done
correctly.</i></div>
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<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1194-teleportation-magic-established-by-science-at-last.html
|title=Teleportation Magic Established By Science, At Last!
|last=Randi |first=James |authorlink=James Randi| work=Swift
|publisher=JREF |type=Blog |accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref></div>
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<i>Remember that you must write the
authorlink exactly as the Wikipedia page you are linking to appears.</i>
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-29312941916557254992015-08-03T16:53:00.001-07:002015-08-22T09:22:33.059-07:00The GSoW Vaccination Project - Feb - July 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
From time to time GSoW likes to unite the entire team to focus on one subject. For 6 months we focused on all things concerning vaccinations. It took us a couple months to find our feet and actually get the ball rolling, once done the team was passionate about getting things done. (Not all work mentioned below was completed during the Vax focus months)<br />
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We take great pride in showcasing our work, these pages generate hundreds of thousands of page views each year, and will continue to do so year after year. All work is exponential as we can build off the pages created, as well as translate them into other languages.<br />
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Officially we finished the Vaccine project, but team members will continue to work in this area as there is much work left to be done. We will be moving on to a new focus Jan - June 2016 on a topic still undecided. If you have suggestions please comment here on our blog or write to us at GSoWteam@gmail.com<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ENGLISH </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Charlie Sheen'</span></b>s Wikipedia page (thanks to Gene) and is getting about 4K views a day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KNUSrgyAIbcC3Lpu-LJCh3vaWAHXvoOgGS94KOaGTO7J3wA5XBewzsJ3teO-uvqZzTtHIDSEZmgZRBKggpB8dbuh4bJhiYmH8ADE_yeIP7MJC7z9ki_29jFprkIyUJDbT98at1f1LOj5/s1600/Charlie+Sheen.JPG" width="640" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters</span></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northern_Rivers_Vaccination_Supporters" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a>) - This page was written by one of the new English editors, James Williams, about a group of concerned citizens in the part of Australia with the lowest vaccination rate. The article was reviewed by Susan Gerbic, Janyce Boynton and Leon Korteweg.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Fun Fact - The NRVS people were unaware of the creation of their Wikipedia page, it was decided that as the Brisbane Skeptics were having a SkeptiCamp on Saturday July 4th and at least one member of the NRVS team would be in attendance, GSoW would delay announcement of the page. Susan Gerbic and James Williams gave the skepticamp organizers a video where James surprised the audience with the page. <a href="https://youtu.be/hqhOWTZMJxQ" target="_blank">Video here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Brian Deer</span></b> - Updated by Jim Preston - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Deer&oldid=659690341" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Deer" target="_blank">After</a> - This is the Science reporter that exposed anti-vax Doctor Andrew Wakefield. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Every Child by Two</span></b> - Page rewritten by Janyce Boynton - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Every_Child_By_Two&oldid=654046509" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Child_By_Two" target="_blank">After</a> Founded in 1991 by Rosalynn Carter and Betty Bumpers to <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">"raise awareness of the critical need for timely immunizations and to foster a systematic way to immunize all of America's children by age two."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Sherri Tenpenny</b></span> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherri_Tenpenny&oldid=645253364" target="_blank">before</a>) & (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Tenpenny" target="_blank">after</a>) - Susan Gerbic - with the assistance of Jo Alabaster & Phil Kent (non-GSoW)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Leon Jaroff</span></b> - (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jaroff" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a>) - Written by Janyce Boynton, this biography is about the founding editor of popular science magazine <i>Discover</i>, and co-founder of CSICOP, the first successful skeptical organisation in the United States. (reviewed by Leon Korteweg)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Stephanie Messenger</b></span> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Messenger" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a>) - Susan Gerbic - This is the anti-vax author of <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie%27s_Marvelous_Measles" target="_blank">Melanie's Marvelous Measles</a> </span>which encourages children to seek out and embrace measles in order to make themselves stronger. The <span style="color: red;"><b>Melanie's Marvelous Measles </b></span>Wikipedia page was written by Susan Gerbic in May 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Steven Novella </span></b>- Page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella" target="_blank">updated and rewritten</a> by various GSoW editors</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The <span style="color: red;"><b>Mark Crislip/QuackCast</b> </span>page was an embarrassment. It is what I call a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Crislip&oldid=591362615" target="_blank">non-</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Crislip&oldid=591362615" target="_blank">scroller</a>" which means you don't have to scroll to see the whole page. Our community really should be ashamed that we allow pages like this to exist on Wikipedia. Sean Whitcomb got to work and turned out this amazing transformation. We contacted Mark for audio and I think he wins for funniest Intro Audio. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuackCast" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">Rachael Dunlop</span></b><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;"> </span>now has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Dunlop" target="_blank">brand new page</a> (with audio) written by new editor Sean Whitcomb. Rachael has been sitting on our list since we started collecting people to put on our list. She kept getting passed over, not because we were worried that there wouldn't be enough information, but because creating a page from scratch is a lot of work. I think Sean and team did a terrific job. Rachael was also featured on the front page of English Wikipedia as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/March#8_March_2014" target="_blank">Did You Know</a>... <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Rachael%20Dunlop" target="_blank">Here are the stat views during that day</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: red;">Michelle Bachman</span> </b>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann#Health_care_2" target="_blank">page updated</a> by Janyce Boynton with HPV statements. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: red;">Bill Maher</span> </b>- Quotes from scientific skepticism community added concerning Maher's anti-vax comments. "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Parker-Pope" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Tara Parker-Pope</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and former Senator </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Frist" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bill Frist" wotsearchprocessed="true">Bill Frist</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> have called his criticism of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_vaccine" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="2009 flu pandemic vaccine" wotsearchprocessed="true">H1N1 flu vaccinations</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> unscientific.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Infectious diseases expert </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Offit" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Paul Offit</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> has written that misinformation about vaccines from celebrities like Maher has put children at unnecessary risk. Offit says that celebrities like Maher are seen as "less credible" and would still be considered just "great entertainment" if they weren't joined by the former Director of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">National Institutes of Health</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, Dr. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadine_Healy" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Bernadine Healy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and influential pediatrician, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sears_(physician)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Dr. Robert Sears</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncologist" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Oncologist</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gorski" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">David Gorski</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> has also criticized Maher's beliefs about vaccines several times in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScienceBlogs" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">ScienceBlogs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, and when Maher received the Richard Dawkins Award in 2009, Gorski wrote it was inappropriate.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Skeptics, including mathematician and science writer </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Martin Gardner</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurologist" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">neurologist</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Steven Novella" wotsearchprocessed="true">Steven Novella</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">and magician </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamy_Ian_Swiss" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Jamy Ian Swiss</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> have also strongly rebuked Maher, characterizing him as anti-science, uninformed and potentially endangering the health of fans who take his "non-medical" advice.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> Maher responded to the criticism, saying, "What I've read about what they think I'm saying is not what I've said. I'm not a germ theory denier. I believe vaccinations can work. Polio is a good example. Do I think in certain situations that inoculating Third World children against malaria or diphtheria, or whatever, is right? Of course. In a situation like that, the benefits outweigh costs. But to me living in Los Angeles? To get a flu shot? No.'"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201507/bill%20maher" target="_blank">Maher's Wikipedia page receives ~50K views a mont</a>h</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">David Gorski</span> </b>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gorski" target="_blank">Brand New Page created</a> - Oncologist and editor of Science Based Medicine Website - critic of alt-med and anti-vax. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Scott Lilienfeld</span></b> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O._Lilienfeld" target="_blank">Brand New Page created</a> - Janyce Boynton</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Dorit Reiss</span></b><b> </b>- (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorit_Reiss" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a>) - Monica Quijano - Immunization advocate focuses on legal issues concerning vaccination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Measles </b></span>- András G. Pintér - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Measles&diff=654161616&oldid=654055368">Before </a>& <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Measles&diff=654318766&oldid=654318711">After </a>(Pseudoscientific claims added - Stefan Lanka and the €100 000 to be payed)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Wendy Sue Swanson</b></span> - editor Janyce Boynton - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Sue_Swanson">Brand New Page created</a> Wendy Sue Swanson (born 1974) is a pediatrician, educator and author best known for her Seattle Mama Doc blog. As a doctor and a mother, Swanson advocates the use of online tools, such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, to strengthen communication between healthcare providers and patients. Swanson asserts that online technologies can assist patients and families in becoming stewards of their own health. Swanson has dedicated her career to helping physicians learn to use online tools more effectively in helping patients make informed decisions based in science. "While we don't have the capability just yet," Swanson states, "my goal is to prove that an empowered and informed patient reduces health care costs and improves outcomes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Kanyaró</b></span> (huwiki) - András G. Pintér - <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanyar%C3%B3&oldid=15731651">Before </a>& <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyar%C3%B3">After</a> (Hungarian Measles page. Antivax movement section and pseudoscience section added)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>HLakos András </b></span>- András G. Pintér - <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakos_Andr%C3%A1s">Brand new page</a> (well known infectologist, MD, specializing in Lyme and other diseases spread by ticks, often debates anti-vax activists)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Steven Novella</span></b> - Nix Dorf - <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella" target="_blank">New Page Created</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">Steven Novella</span></b> - Rian van Lierop - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella">New Page Created</a></span><br />
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A lot remains to be done. We barely got a part of the way through all the ideas on our work list. Editors will continue to pluck away at the list, but we will be moving forward. Jan-June 2016 we will focus on a yet undecided area. If you have an opinion on the matter please contact us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a>.<br />
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As usual if you would like to know more about the GSoW project, please check out our YouTube channel. There you will learn all about the project, what to expect when training and afterwards. This project is not for everyone, so please inform yourself before writing to us at GSoWteam@gmail.com</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The GSoW Vaccine project has really helped focus attention on all the people and projects from the scientific skepticism world, I know I've learned a lot. We still have a month more and more surprises in store for you, so stay tuned for a early August blog release recapping all that GSoW has done to help spread the word that vaccines are important and good information is available out there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As usual, GSoW is doing a lot more than just vaccines these last two months. See below for all the various goodness and awesomeness we have been involved in. Let me remind you dear readers that below are only the major rewrites and new page creations. The GSoW team is always doing far more to educate the world through Wikipedia than what is listed here on this blog update. Small edits are made all the time that improve content, but are too </span>plentiful to be mentioned here.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are thinking of joining GSoW or want to know more about the project, the best place to get information is from our YouTube channel. There we have many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRsnYAfrCGRsfGvXQQr75a68sjIzwtuyk" target="_blank">interviews with the team members</a>, they explain why they joined this project, what its like being here and why they stay. I'm always inspired every time I listen to these interviews. They also talk about the pages they have worked on and it is important behind the scenes discussions like this that will open your eyes about the pages we write. </span><br />
Also included on our YouTube channel are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRsnYAfrCGRsw-5o_iZzFcP5DcBdk_rfF" target="_blank">3-15 minute snippets from the Skepticality podcast </a>I'm on every couple weeks. These are actual podcast segments, but they have been cleaned up and photos (often very humorous) added. Check these out when you have a moment, they explain GSoW and its many projects very quickly and simply for the newer skeptical activist aficionado.<br />
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If you're into short audio spots, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/andr-s-g-bor-pint-r/guerrilla-skepticism-on-wikipedia-spot">share this</a> with those you think might find it interesting. We would love to have lots of you join us!<br />
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Finally be sure to join us at The Amaz!ng Meeting July 15-20 in Las Vegas. I have a completely open calendar set aside these days just to hang out with my fellow skeptics. On Thursday I will be on a panel with Sharon Hill and Simon Singh in a workshop on Skeptical Activism in Every Day Life. On Sunday GSoW has its own workshop at 4:00-5:30 entitled <a href="https://www.amazingmeeting.com/the-amazng-meeting-2015/schedule/" target="_blank">How to Edit Wikipedia like a GSoW editor and Change the World Muhahahaha.</a> Please bring your laptop as we will be teaching you how to edit like a GSoW editor without joining the actual project.<br />
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In October join me and several other GSoW editors in Australia. I am speaking at the <a href="http://convention.brisbaneskeptics.org/" target="_blank">Brisbane Skeptic Conference October 16-18.</a> But because I'm going to be in the area, I am working on many other speaking engagements all over the country. Canberra, Tasmania, Melbourne, Sydney are on the schedule, dates soon to be decided. I'm also hoping to crash in on the New Zealand Skeptics. And also very exciting I will be visiting the Hong Kong Skeptics at the end of this tour, and then finishing off with a lecture in China about my cancer treatment and how I relied on my doctors to treat me and not a homeopath or other CAM treatments.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">From Brisbane Skeptics President Ross Balch - </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">"</span></span><span style="background-color: #dbedfe; color: #373e4d; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">At some point society is going to become a lot more rational and I think unfortunately no one is going to remember that its a lot to do with us and our activism. I think that we are going to be ... history and no one is going to realize when it happens, but all of a sudden its going to happen. there are some people who they work so tirelessly they deserve to be remembered and as I was talking to you previously about Susan Gerbic. One of the things she does is to make that happen, its a great project Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia because people who deserve to be known they do get known because of that project. Wikipedia is going to be around a lot longer than us in one way or another. Its almost a new history book and that's fantastic. Its actually my great pleasure to let you see this... (video) <a href="https://youtu.be/5M5P6Uiwl0A?list=PLRsnYAfrCGRvybYdWxhkdHRYGix_rbDms" target="_blank">SkeptiCamp Brisbane July 4, 2015</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Brian Deer</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Updated by Jim Preston - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Deer&oldid=659690341" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Deer" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">After</a> Jim felt that Deer's page fell under the Vaccine Projects task list AND Deer will be speaking at the upcoming Amaz!ng Meeting this July. Meet Jim and team at our workshop at TAM.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>David Helfand</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Colin Hagemeyer - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Helfand&oldid=664381695" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Helfand" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">After</a> This is the page that Colin rewrote in order to graduate him from training. Welcome Colin as a brand new GSoW editor!<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">De Vrije Gedachte </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Vrije_Gedachte">Brand New Page</a>) - The Dutch freethinkers association "The Free Thought" was translated from Dutch (see previous blog and below) by Leon Korteweg, reviewed by Janyce Boynton, Susan Gerbic, Dianne Elizabeth, Julie Tomlinson and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jerod Lycett.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Every Child by Two</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Page rewritten by Janyce Boynton - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Every_Child_By_Two&oldid=654046509" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Child_By_Two" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">After</a><br />
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<b style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good Thinking Society </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- As related in our previous blog, to our great surprise the Good Thinking Society was already written before we could start on it. However, Leon Korteweg has been able to improve its contents somewhat with the help of Michael Marshall ("Marsh"), and translate it to Dutch (see below). </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Thinking_Society&oldid=659644637" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Thinking_Society&oldid=664289555" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Human Dynamics</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Cleanup of un-scientific statements - Ryan Harding & Leon Korteweg - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_dynamics&oldid=628096303" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_dynamics" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">After</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Irish Skeptics Society</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Leon Korteweg - Expanded with info, more reliable sources and a logo, translated to Dutch (see below). </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irish_Skeptics_Society&oldid=579278475" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irish_Skeptics_Society&direction=next&oldid=664190524" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Jorge Allende</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Page rewritten by Javier Ardouin Bórquez - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jorge_Allende&oldid=658904395" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Allende" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">After</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the final project from Javier to finish off his training. Welcome to our newest GSoW editor!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Klub Sceptyków Polskich</span></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klub_Sceptyk%C3%B3w_Polskich">Brand New Page</a>) - Written by guest editor Tomasz Witkowski in Polish first (see below), and translated by Tomasz & Leon Korteweg and reviewed by Susan Gerbic and Janyce Boynton. The KSP is amongst the most active skeptical organisations in Europe, and manage to get national media coverage often.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northern_Rivers_Vaccination_Supporters" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) - This page was written by one of the new English editors, James Williams, about a group of concerned citizens in the part of Australia with the lowest vaccination rate. The article was reviewed by Susan Gerbic, Janyce Boynton and Leon Korteweg. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fun Fact - The NRVS people were unaware of the creation of their Wikipedia page, it was decided that as the Brisbane Skeptics were having a SkeptiCamp on Saturday July 4th and at least one member of the NRVS team would be in attendance, GSoW would delay announcement of the page. Susan Gerbic and James Williams gave the skepticamp organizers a video where James surprised the audience with the page. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/hqhOWTZMJxQ" target="_blank">Video here</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ryan J. Bell</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_J._Bell" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brand New Page</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) - After meeting Ryan Bell at QED 2015 in Manchester, Jelena Levin decided to write his biography. Together with Leon Korteweg (especially for the Dutch sources; we noticed a remarkable interest in Bell's Year Without God from the three main Christian newspapers in the Netherlands) and </span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ryan_Bell" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aided by photographers</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Andrew Merritt and Al Johnston at QED, and reviewers Kyle Hamar, Susan Gerbic and Gene Roseberry, the article was published and eventually featured on English Wikipedia's Main Page as a Did You Know? on 21 June (over 2600 views that day).</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Stephanie Messenger</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Messenger" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Brand New Page</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) - Susan Gerbic - This is the anti-vax author of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie%27s_Marvelous_Measles" target="_blank">Melanie's Marvelous Measles</a> which encourages children to seek out and embrace measles in order to make themselves stronger. The MMM Wikipedia page was written by Susan Gerbic in May 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Louis Fles</b></span> (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fles">Brand New Page</a>) - Leon Korteweg - Important Jewish-Dutch freethinker and arguably the most vocal atheist and secularist in the Netherlands in the Interwar Period. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Article translated from English and expanded in Dutch, added photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Rob Nanninga</span></b> - Leon Korteweg - short expansion on his study of crop circle / UFO believers. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Nanninga&oldid=43696005">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Nanninga&direction=next&oldid=43696005">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">De Vrije Gedachte</span></b> - More images were added by Leon Korteweg, extra links were created by trainee Jaap. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De_Vrije_Gedachte&oldid=44070858">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De_Vrije_Gedachte&oldid=44459810">After</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Irish Skeptics Society</span></b> (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Skeptics_Society">Brand New Page</a>) - A well-known but nowadays apparently relatively inactive skeptical organisation in Ireland. Translated from English (see above) by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon Korteweg</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, reviewed by Raymond van Es.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Good Thinking Society</b></span> (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Thinking_Society">Brand New Page</a>) - Translated from English (see above) by Leon Korteweg, reviewed by Emile Dingemans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;">Charlie Charlie Challenge </b>- Coen de Bruijn got an email from his children's school that pupils were forbidden playing the hype gamen (at its height around late May/early June), wherein the 'ghost' of an unknown Mexican boy or man name 'Charlie' is invoked, who allegedly answers yes/no questions by 'moving' balanced pencils on a sheet of paper. Coen found the school's reaction of prohibiting the game to be 'fearmongering' and referring to 'the Internet' as a source for more information to be very irresponsible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Klub Sceptyków Polskich </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klub_Sceptyk%C3%B3w_Polskich">Brand New Page</a>) - After the page was first written and published in Polish (see below) and then translated into English (see above), Leon Korteweg translated the KSP to Dutch; the text was reviewed by Rogier van Vugt, Emile Dingemans and Rik Delaet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five people from the Dutch-speaking skeptical/freethought movement had their <b><span style="color: red;">voice intros </span></b>recorded by Leon Korteweg (see below).</span><br />
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Richard Feynman</b></span> - András G. Pintér <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Feynman&oldid=15426830" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman" target="_blank">After</a> Feynman is well known among Hungarians as books of his have been translated to our language and are quite popular. His Wikipedia page, however was rather disorganized and lacking in terms of information, too. It could still be further advanced.</span><br />
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Florence Nightingale</span></b> - András G. Pintér <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florence_Nightingale&oldid=15425884" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" target="_blank">After</a> She is not part of popular culture in Hungary, but references to her work are available online and in books dealing with the history of medicine, thus finding proper information was not that much of a hassle. Her work is also relevant to skeptics, hence the rewrite.</span><br />
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Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)</span></b> - The first successful skeptical organisation in North America, founded in 1976 as CSICOP, with their magazine <i>Skeptical Inquirer </i>that popularised the term "skeptic" for our movement. Translated to Italian by Raffaella Vitali - <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry&oldid=68060985" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The article on Table-turning (Mesas girantes), recently massively expanded and improved by our Brazilian editor Valério Andrade Melo, it was just featured on the <a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikip%25C3%25A9dia%3AEscolha_do_artigo_em_destaque%2FMesas_girantes&edit-text=" target="_blank">Main Page of Portuguese Wikipedia! </a>Check it out,</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> this is a very big deal - <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mesas_girantes&oldid=34651435" target="_blank">Before</a> and <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesas_girantes" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span><br />
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This area continues to expand - newly added <b><span style="color: red;">voice intros</span></b> are American skeptic Julia Galef, American health educator Wendy Sue Swanson, Dutch freethinker and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">historian </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anton van Hooff, Dutch religion critic and lawyer Paul Cliteur, Iranian-Dutch ex-Muslim activist Ehsan Jami, Belgian skeptic philosopher Maarten Boudry and Dutch terrorism expert David Suurland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the moment, we are experimenting with <b><span style="color: red;">video uploading and inclusion</span></b>. Videos are still rare on Wikipedia, so we can make articles extra interesting by uploading reusable material. We've done this before with the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:10:23_Campaign">10:23 Campaign</a> (thanks to Vera de Kok), now Leon Korteweg is exploring further possibilities. Ex-Muslim activist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Namazie">Maryam Namazie</a>'s opening address at the Secular Conference 2014 has been added, and excerpts from her interview with comedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Smurthwaite">Kate Smurthwaite</a> on free speech have been embedded in her page. Also, a video of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales calling for the release of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raif_Badawi">Raif Badawi</a> has been included in all language versions (including <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A">Arabic</a>) of the latter's biography.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our regular followers will have noticed that we write a lot about skeptical organisations in Europe lately. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon Korteweg, who found it remarkable that everyone knows all about the JREF, The Skeptics Society and <i>Skeptical Inquirer</i>, but almost nothing about their fellow skeptics in neighboring countries because of language barriers, took the initiative to provide basic documentation on several skeptics groups on the European continent (and that includes the British Isles). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has gradually evolved to a continuous project to write a page about every national or regional group in their own language first, then translate it into English, then into Dutch. Hopefully, more languages will follow, so all of us get to know about each other and form a tight movement across the borders, which will make us more powerful and noticeable by the general public whom we're trying to reach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since April 2015, Leon is maintaining a public schedule as part of the Wikiproject Skepticism on English and Dutch Wikipedia to visualise every step of progress:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a real challenge to find people who can provide information in the language we need, and then to translate it into English and vice versa. It's exciting but also hard. If you're not a GSoW member yet but are considering joining us and you can read and write <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and/or Swedish besides English, this is the project where YOU can really make the difference!</span></span><br />
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Thinking of joining GSoW? Want to know more about training? Check out our YouTube channel. We have interviews with our editors as well as short videos from past Skepticality podcasts. Most of your questions will be answered by this channel. We are updating the videos often so <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5ZZ4POlh-SIbXOUUkRgAg">please subscribe and not miss a single one</a>. <br />
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Here is an example of a unhappy Wikipedia editor who is using GSoW as an example of a group that is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing">astroturfing</a>. This person sites an old JREF lecture to say that GSoW is bullying and attacking believers. They say this great line "I hear them echoed on almost every talk page I visit these days". <br />
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And one more. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unbiased/unbiased-the-truth-about-the-healing-arts-on-wikip">This is a very upset group that has launched a KickStarter</a> for a book about Wikipedia and how it refuses to let the other side of medicine (quackery) in. How dare we insist on truth and citations and peer review. Give generously to this kickstarter as it will keep them busy for quite a while. "We will correct the errors and omissions with truthful, scientific data about the specific alternative health movements and modalities. " Seriously readers this is what GSoW deals with every day. Please, we have a lot of work to do and are fighting to make Wikipedia strong and accurate. If you are looking for a project that educates, and is amazingly important, look no further. GSoW is where its at. Write to us at GSoWteam@gmail.com<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Vaccination Team:</b> </span>This project is open to all trained team members. We are working on pro-vax and anti-vax Wikipedia pages. We are making small edits to pages like this one that now appears on Charlie Sheen's Wikipedia page (thanks to Gene) and is getting about 4K views a day.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Wendy Sue Swanson</b></span> - editor Janyce Boynton - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Sue_Swanson">Brand New Page created</a> Wendy Sue Swanson (born 1974) is a pediatrician, educator and author best known for her Seattle Mama Doc blog. As a doctor and a mother, Swanson advocates the use of online tools, such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, to strengthen communication between healthcare providers and patients. Swanson asserts that online technologies can assist patients and families in becoming stewards of their own health. Swanson has dedicated her career to helping physicians learn to use online tools more effectively in helping patients make informed decisions based in science. "While we don't have the capability just yet," Swanson states, "my goal is to prove that an empowered and informed patient reduces health care costs and improves outcomes.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Hungarian Team:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Measles </b></span>- András G. Pintér - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Measles&diff=654161616&oldid=654055368">Before </a>& <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Measles&diff=654318766&oldid=654318711">After </a>(Pseudoscientific claims added - Stefan Lanka and the €100 000 to be payed)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Kanyaró</b></span> (huwiki) - András G. Pintér - <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanyar%C3%B3&oldid=15731651">Before </a>& <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyar%C3%B3">After</a> (Hungarian Measles page. Antivax movement section and pseudoscience section added)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Szentágothai János</b></span> (huwiki) - András G. Pintér - <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Szent%C3%A1gothai_J%C3%A1nos&oldid=15722691">Before </a>& <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent%C3%A1gothai_J%C3%A1nos">After</a> (the founder of the Hungarian skeptic movement. A section added, mentioning that fact.)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Amanda Bauer</b></span> - Greg Neilson - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Bauer">Brand New Page</a> - Amanda Elaine Bauer (born 26 May 1979) is an American professional astronomer and science communicator, currently working in Australia. She is a Research Astronomer at Australia's largest optical observatory, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Astronomical_Observatory">Australian Astronomical Observatory</a> (AAO), where her principal field of research concerns how galaxies form, how they create new stars, and particularly why they stop creating new stars. She is better known to the public through her efforts as the AAO Public Outreach Officer.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Robert Sheaffer</b></span> - Jim Preston - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Sheaffer&oldid=655768485">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheaffer">After</a> - Robert Sheaffer (born 1949) is a freelance writer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism">skeptic</a>. He is an investigator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_objects">unidentified flying objects</a>, having researched many sightings and written critiques of the hypothesis that UFOs are alien spacecraft. In addition to UFOs, his writings cover topics such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christianity</a>, academic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism">feminism</a>, the scientific theory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution">evolution</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism">creationism</a>. He is the author of five books. Sheaffer writes for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a> (where he contributes the regular "Psychic Vibrations" column), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate_Magazine">Fate Magazine</a>, andSpaceflight. He was a founding member (with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_J._Klass">Philip J. Klass</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oberg">James Oberg</a>) of the UFO Subcommittee of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a>, and is a fellow of that organization. He is a graduate of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_University">Northwestern University</a> and a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MENSA">MENSA</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Gerbic"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Susan Gerbic</span></a> </span></b>- Kyle Hamar - Brand new page - Susan Marie Gerbic (born August 8, 1962) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">American</a> professional portrait photographer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism">skeptical activist</a> living in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salinas,_California">Salinas, California</a>.Gerbic is the co-founder of Monterey County Skeptics, founder of Skeptic Action, leader of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW), a regular contributor to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticality">Skepticality</a>, contributes to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a> and a frequent speaker at skeptic conferences such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amaz!ng_Meeting">The Amazing Meet!ng (TAM)</a>, SkeptiCal and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside_Skeptics_Society#QED:_Question.2C_Explore.2C_Discover">Question, Explore, Discover (QED)</a>. Susan Gerbic was born in Salinas, California to Anthony and Tressie Gerbic in 1962. Gerbic manages a Portrait Studio and has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts">B.A.</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_history">social history</a>.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> Julia Galef </span></b>- as we <a href="http://guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.nl/2015/03/jan-feb-2015-starting-year-off-right.html">announced in the Jan-Feb blog update</a>, the Dutch team has fulfilled its promise done on 26 January to Julia Galef to create a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Galef">brand new page</a> about her. Emile Dingemans sought out all sources and wrote the text, Leon Korteweg helped him, Coen took the closeup picture and recorded a voice intro (which will be added later). Susan Gerbic and Michelle Franklin reviewed the text.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Henderson"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Heather Henderson </b></span></a>- Susan Gerbic - Brand New Page - Heather Henderson, (born March 7, 1973), also known as Baby Heather, is a professional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlesque">burlesque</a> dancer, singer, model, filmmaker, producer and host for Ardent Atheists and Skeptically Yours podcasts. In 2012 Ardent Atheist won <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast_Awards">The People's Choice Podcast Awards</a> in the religion inspiration category. In 1989-1991 Henderson was a regular on the nationally televised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Party_USA">Dance Party USA</a> show where she appeared as Baby Heather. In her teens Henderson released a single called Give it up Baby Heather which was given a positive review by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard">Billboard</a> Magazine. She currently is a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Jillette">Penn Jillette</a>'s No God Band and is a vocal activist for atheism and against psychics.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> The Amaz!ing Meeting</span></b> page rewrite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Amaz!ng_Meeting&oldid=660366036">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amaz!ng_Meeting">After</a> - Susan Gerbic - The Amaz!ng Meeting (TAM) is an annual conference that focuses on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science">science</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism">skepticism</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking">critical thinking</a>. The conference started in 2003 and is sponsored by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation">James Randi Educational Foundation</a> or (JREF). Perennial speakers include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller">Penn & Teller</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Plait">Phil Plait</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shermer">Michael Shermer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi">James 'The Amazing' Randi</a>. Speakers at the four-day conference are selected from a variety of disciplines including scientific educators, magicians, and community activists. Outside the plenary sessions the conference includes workshops, additional panel discussions, music and magic performances and live taping of podcasts including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptics_Guide">The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Conference_on_Science_and_Skepticism"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>NECSS</b></span></a> - Brand New Page - Susan Gerbic - The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS, pronounced as "nexus") is a four-day conference focusing on science and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism">skepticism</a> held each April in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</a>. Its purpose is exploring the intersection of science, skepticism, the media, and society for the purpose of promoting a more rational world. It was founded in 2009, run jointly by the New York City Skeptics (NYCS) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Skeptical_Society">New England Skeptical Society</a> (NESS). The Society for Science-Based Medicine joined as a full sponsor of the conference in 2015. Attendance is estimated at 400 people.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Recent Graduates Final Projects Team</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Dave Thomas</b></span> - editor David Brown - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Thomas_(skeptic)&oldid=638386170">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Thomas_(skeptic)">After</a> - Dave Thomas (born 1953) is a physicist and mathematician best known for his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism">scientific skepticism</a> research and writings. He is a graduate of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Institute_of_Mining_and_Technology">New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology</a>, and his work includes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell">Roswell</a> and Aztec <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings">UFO sightings</a>, the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Code">Bible Code</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Change">Climate Change</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Truth_Movement">9/11 Truth Movement</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrails">Chemtrails</a>. Many of Thomas' articles have been published in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a> magazine.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Lucie Green</b> </span>- editor James Williams - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucie_Green&oldid=652717828">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucie_Green">After</a> - Lucie Green (born c.1975) is a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics">astrophysicist</a>, solar researcher, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy">astronomer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_communication">science communicator</a>. Since 2005 Green has been a Royal Society University Research Fellow (previously the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow) at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullard_Space_Science_Laboratory">Mullard Space Science Laboratory</a> (MSSL) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London">University College London (UCL)</a>. Green also runs MSSL's public engagement programme and sits on the board of the European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Physical_Society">European Physical Society</a> and the advisory board of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Museum,_London">Science Museum</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Elizabeth Whelan </b></span>- editor Gene Roseberry - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Whelan&oldid=629588108">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Whelan">After</a> - Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English">/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key">ˈ</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key">hw</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key">iː</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key">l</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key">ən</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English">/</a>; December 4, 1943 – September 11, 2014) was an epidemiologist best known for challenging government regulations in the consumer products, food, and pharmaceuticals industries that arose from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_science">faulty science</a>. In 1978, she founded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Council_on_Science_and_Health">American Council on Science and Health</a> (ACSH) to provide a formal foundation for her work. She also wrote, or co-wrote, more than 20 books and over 300 articles in scientific journals and laymen publications.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Jere Lipps</b></span> - editor Jerod Lycett - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jere_H._Lipps&oldid=643104598">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jere_H._Lipps">After</a> - Jere Henry Lipps (August 28, 1939) is Director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._John_D._Cooper_Archaeological_and_Paleontological_Center">Dr. John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center</a> and Curator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology">Paleontology</a> at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lipps was the ninth Director of the museum (1989-1997)and chair of the department of Integrative Biology at Berkeley (1991–1994). He served as president of the Paleontological Societyin 1997, and the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Inc.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Carol Tavris</b></span> - editor Lauren Carr - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carol_Tavris&oldid=630774090">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Tavris">After</a> - Carol Anne Tavris (born September 17, 1944) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychologist">social psychologist</a> and feminist. As a public intellectual, she has devoted her career to writing and lecturing about the contributions of psychological science to the beliefs and practices that guide people’s lives, and to criticizing “psychobabble,” “biobunk,” and pseudoscience. Her many writings have dealt with critical thinking,cognitive dissonance, anger, gender, and other topics in psychology.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> Mark Edward</b></span> - editor Cathy Smith - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Edward&oldid=647497932">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Edward">After</a> - Mark Edward (born Mark Edward Wilson, May 19, 1951, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_CA">Los Angeles, CA</a>) is a professional mentalist who specializes in magic of the mind. He wrote several books on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentalism">mentalism</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ance">séance</a> theory and production and appeared on television as both primary consultant and on-air performer in such diverse programming as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography_(TV_series)">A & E's Biography</a>: "Houdini, the Great Escape," <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Daytime">NBC</a>'s "The Other Side" and "Psychic Secrets Revealed," <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syfy">The Sci-Fi Channel</a>'s "Mysteries, Magic and Miracles," The Discovery Channel's "Forces Beyond," and on two episodes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TLC_(TV_network)">The Learning Channel</a>'s "Exploring the Unknown." His featured segment as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_medium">spirit medium</a> on the pilot episode of Showtime's "Penn & Teller's Bullshit!" series entitled "Speaking with the Dead" helped secure an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award">Emmy Award</a> nomination for that episode in 2002.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_DeAngelis"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>The Perry DeAngelis</b></span> Wikipedia page</a> received a 3-minute audio update from editor David Brown who received permission from the SGU to edit down audio Perryisms into something we could use for the Wikipedia page. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_of_Skeptics">The audio intro project is a GSoW "thing" be sure to check out our progress</a>. <br />
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The Dutch team is currently focusing on two main projects: the Vaccination Project (see above) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Skepticism/Skeptical_organisations_in_Europe">Skeptical organisations in Europe</a> (the latter of which non-GSoW Wikipedians can also participate in). We are working various Dutch vaccination articles, but cannot report any completed pages yet at this moment. However, on the front of documenting the European skeptical movement, the following has been achieved:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">De Vrije Gedachte</span></b> (The Free Thought), a Dutch association founded in 1856 for freethought, atheism, humanism, skepticism, secularism and free speech, was very small <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De_Vrije_Gedachte&oldid=40998122">before</a> Leon Korteweg got involved with it. He learnt that Tim de Vries was preparing a rewrite, but struggled with what to do next. Leon took over the project and with the assistance of several people including team member Emile Dingemans, photographer and editor of its magazine De Vrijdenker René van Elst, its then-chairman Anton van Hooff, and freethought historian Bert Gasenbeek, executed a major expansion. Right now, the page looks like <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Vrije_Gedachte">THIS</a>. An English translation is almost ready as well.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Skepsis ry</b></span>, the Finnish skeptical association, was first improved in English (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skepsis_ry&oldid=648170177">before</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skepsis_ry&direction=next&oldid=653539400">after</a>) and then translated from English <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepsis_ry">to Dutch</a> by Leon Korteweg, checked by Wim Vandenberghe. However, seeing the Finnish article was much larger and up to date, they wanted to look for a Finnish translator to help expanding both English and Dutch pages. At QED 2015, Leon actually met a skeptic from Finland willing to aid us; we hope to cooperate with him to be able to tell more about Skepsis ry.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Association française pour l'information scientifique</b></span> (French Association for Scientific Information) is a French group, one of the oldest skeptical organisations in the world, preceding the foundation of CSICOP by 8 years. It was translated to Dutch by Rik Delaet and corrected, improved and illustrated by Leon Korteweg: <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fran%C3%A7aise_pour_l%27information_scientifique">Association française pour l'information scientifique</a>. Then it was translated to English, see Team Sagan.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> CICAP</b></span> - After Raffaella Vitali had improved and expanded the Italian and English articles of CICAP, the Italian skeptics, Leon Korteweg <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/CICAP">translated it to Dutch</a>. The text was reviewed by Jurgen Voorneveld, a new associate of the Dutch team.<br />
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Wim and Leon are working with Norwegian skeptics to improve their article, and translate it to English and Dutch; we hope to report on those efforts when they come to fruition. We have contacted the Czech skeptics (they were busy testing hundreds of dowsers in Prague, but promised to get back to us). We established contact with COMCEPT - the Portuguese skeptics - who presented at QED, as well as the Greater Manchester Skeptics Society and Glasgow Skeptics. We are trying to get in touch with all other groups in Europe.<br />
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To our amused surprise, the page for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Thinking_Society">Good Thinking Society</a> was launched just after QED by someone else! Snatched away right before we could start on it. Apparently we were not the only ones inspired by Michael Marshall's talk on Homeopathy in the UK last Saturday morning. But, as one can see, this article could use further expansion, so we might work on that in the next two months.<br />
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We have also launched the <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Skepticisme"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Wikiproject Skepticism</span></a> on Dutch Wikipedia, to increase cooperation between skeptical Wikipedians; they don't have to be GSoW members to participate. We will see how this evolves.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Roguing Emile:</span></b><br />
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Emile Dingemans again performed many notable hit-and-run actions while "roguing" the Dutch Wikipedia: <br />
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<li>Added news on the extrication of three psychics by the Belgian mentalist Gili during the Flemish TV-show Café Corsari. He let the psychics wander though and feel the Zuiderpershuis. All three psychics came with a similar story about a murder that had happened in the old factory. A fake story that Gili had put on the official website of Zuiderpershuis. (Added to three articles).</li>
<li>Gili <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gili_(mentalist)&diff=prev&oldid=43794280">Changes</a></li>
<li>Zuiderpershuis <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zuiderpershuis&diff=prev&oldid=43794303">Changes</a></li>
<li>Café Corsari <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caf%C3%A9_Corsari&diff=prev&oldid=43794320">Changes</a></li>
<li>Added the biography of a Dutch atheist comedian who only several days later announced in his TV-show to become the first Pharaoh Arjen Henrik I of The Netherlands. He managed to receive enough signatures for his citizens' initiative, to have his idea suggested for discussion in the national parliament. This gave 2.000 hits on his Wikipedia page that day, where people could read about his struggle with his religious background and coming out as an atheist. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arjen_Lubach&type=revision&diff=44007189&oldid=43434791">Changes</a> <a href="http://stats.grok.se/nl/latest90/Arjen%20Lubach">View statistics</a></li>
<li>Added skeptics criticism on Ayurveda. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayurveda&diff=prev&oldid=43789650">Changes</a></li>
<li>Updated and restructured several pages on Dutch patenting system: Octrooi; Octrooi in Nederland; Octrooi in België; Benelux Patent Platform; Benelux-Bureau voor de Intellectuele Eigendom; Europees Octrooibureau; Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland; Agentschap NL; Europees Octrooiverdrag.</li>
<li>Added section on International Agency for Research on Cancer's classification of glyphosate as 'probably carcinogenic', with criticism to the misunderstanding in popular media as if it was a risk analysis, and analysis by Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glyfosaat&diff=prev&oldid=43709961">Changes</a></li>
<li>Update introduction of Dutch article on the controversial MSG (Monosodiumglutamate), pointing out that it is available in 'natural' products like tomatoes, potatoes, mushrooms. Listing essential nutrients. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Essentieel_nutri%C3%ABnt&type=revision&diff=43506261&oldid=43333720">Changes</a></li>
<li>Enlarged Massimo Pigliucci's page with information on the Rationally Speaking podcast. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massimo_Pigliucci&type=revision&diff=650221353&oldid=644151565">Changes</a></li>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">European Council of Skeptical Organisations</span></b> - Having been previously written in English, Dutch and Hungarian, the ECSO page has now been <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council_of_Skeptical_Organisations">translated into Italian</a> by our wonderful editor Raffaella Vitali.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Общество скептиков</span></b> (Skeptic Society) - Several writers, translators and reviewers worked on this multilingual project that resulted in three new articles about the Russian-speaking skeptical community founded by Kirill Alferov in 2013.<br />
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<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_(%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F)_">In Russian</a>, the page was created by Katy, Jelena and Svetlana (with the aid of Leon and Kirill himself); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptic_Society">in English</a> translated by Jelena and Leon (reviewed by Janyce, James and Julie); <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscestvo_skeptikov">in Dutch</a> translated by Leon (reviewed by Emile).<br />
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<i>The Skeptic Zone</i> published an interview in English with GSoW Hungarian team leader <a href="http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-338-12april2015">András Pintér</a> on 12 April 2015.<br />
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Leon Korteweg and Vera de Kok lectured about GSoW at The Hague Skeptics in the Pub in English on 3 April 2015.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx5SLlGUguM" target="_blank">Leon Korteweg lectured about GSoW</a> at Vrijdenkerscafé Utrecht in Dutch on 13 April 2015.<br />
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András Pintér gave a talk in English about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NEjGKtuERk&feature=youtu.be">'The authority problem' </a>during SkeptiCamp Manchester 2015, preceding QED 2015. A part of the lecture was dedicated to Wikipedia and GSoW.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The year seems to be starting off right. GSoW has launched a new group focus, this time it is all things concerning vaccines. We have decided to focus on this topic because of the recent <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/22/the-devastating-impact-of-vaccine-deniers-in-one-measles-chart/">alarming outbreaks</a> of vaccine-preventable diseases in areas where immunisation rates have dropped. And because we have already done the pages for many of the skeptical spokespeople who are publicly supporting vaccines (David Gorski, Harriet Hall, Steven Novella and more) we are going to focus on the anti-vaxers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only one that was finished in time for this blog update was for the anti-vax lecturer Sherri Tenpenny. This Ohio woman was planning a Australian tour encouraging parents not to vaccinate their children. The Australian skeptic community was able to organize and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/29/anti-vaccination-campaigner-sherri-tenpenny-cancels-australian-tour">get her tour cancelled</a>. You can read all about it on her Wikipedia page. These pages aren't going to be the beautiful pages you have grown used to reading about here on this blog, with photos and interesting facts about their lives. These pages are designed to just get the facts and citations out there, just the bare bones. We aren't going to be hunting these people down and asking them to upload a nice profile photo or audio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherri_Tenpenny&oldid=645253364" target="_blank">before</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Tenpenny" target="_blank">after</a></b> for Sherri Tenpenny. The work on this page was completed by Susan Gerbic and two non-GSoW skeptics, Joe Alabaster and Phil Kent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next big news is that the Australian Skeptic's National Convention have asked me (Susan) to travel to Brisbane to speak in their conference. I'm so thrilled, I had no idea I was even being considered. I hope to be going on a skeptic lecture tour (hopefully hitting all the places that Tenpenny had to vacate) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christine Daley and Leon Korteweg improved and expanded the List of prizes for evidence of the paranormal, this is essential for the international skeptical movement: prove us that there is something paranormal, magical, supernatural or whatever extraordinary under controlled conditions, and skeptics will be amazed and pay you well. Curiously, however, nobody has even passed any of the tests, and not for a lack of trying, nor because they were unfair – conditions are always mutually agreed upon between challengers and claimants. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal&oldid=640796764">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal&oldid=644859885">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon Korteweg has given the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athe%C3%AFstisch_manifest">Atheist Manifesto</a></i> by Dutch philosopher Herman Philipse an English Wikipedia page (reviewed by Michelle Franklin). Although Philipse said he was frustrated everyone in the Netherlands only knew him from 'that odd manifesto', branded 'superficial' by opponents, this booklet was enough for Ayaan Hirsi Ali to reject Islam definitively, after which she became the world's most vocal female critic of religion. She wrote the preface to the 2004 republication.</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 18 February, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Nanninga">Rob Nanninga</a> was featured as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the Main Page </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as Did You Know, attracting an amazing 11,500 views that day, another 5,000 the next day and 7,500 more the third day! Leon Korteweg, who had previously written his </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dutch </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">article in September, and improved it before publishing the English translation (with the help of Susan Gerbic, Julie Tomlinson, Janyce Boynton, Michelle Franklin and Jan Willem Nienhuys who all reviewed it) on 30 January, was overwhelmed at the success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greg applied for the Did You Know and within a few days it was on the front page. It even bypassed the normal waiting period. We aren't complaining, DYK's get the page views outside the normal skeptic choir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_DeAngelis" target="_blank">Perry DeAngelis</a>, who most people will know as a former host of <i>The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe </i>podcast of the New England Skeptical Society (see below) before his death in 2007, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was in fact the driving force behind the foundation of both. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Susan Gerbic and Jim Preston created a page to acknowledge his importance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The New England Skeptic Society (NESS) was given a major rewrite by Susan Gerbic, who delved into its history (among them Perry DeAngelis' part, see above), achievements and activities. It now has a worthy article - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_England_Skeptical_Society&oldid=600280832" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Skeptical_Society" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 11 February, Janyce Boynton's page about American folklorist </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Harold_Brunvand" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan Harold Brunvand</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> featured as a Did You Know on English Wikipedia's Main Page. It received over a 1,000 views that day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Dutch team has continued translating biographies of Dutch-speaking skeptical activists to English. As reported in early January, we have published the English pages of Flemish philosopher Maarten Boudry (SKEPP, Het Denkgelag) and Dutch physician Catherine de Jong (VtdK), both actively involved in the movement.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now Leon Korteweg has translated the articles for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Willem_Nienhuys">Jan Willem Nienhuys</a> (reviewed by Ryan Harding, Susan Gerbic and Nienhuys himself) as the public face of Stichting Skepsis, and the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Nanninga">Rob Nanninga</a> (reviewed by Michelle Franklin, Susan Gerbic, Janyce Boynton and Jan Willem Nienhuys), who </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was the driving force behind Stichting Skepsis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as editor of </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skepter</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> magazine until his death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon Korteweg also translated the English entry he wrote for <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptics_with_a_K">Skeptics with a K</a>, which was reviewed by Wim Vandenberghe and Coen de Bruijn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After visiting </span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_Denkgelag" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Het Denkgelag</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Antwerp on 26 January together with Jozef, Coen, Emile and others who are allies of GSoW, Leon worked together with them and several Flemish skeptics including Pieter Brauwers, Pieter Van Nuffel, Dries Van Giel and Maarten Boudry to write an article for this young conference that tries to reach people beyond the skeptical choir. We also got an amazing opportunity to interview Julia Galef for a future page about her, as well as meeting Maarten Boudry whose page we had been expanding in Dutch and translate to English for several weeks, for which he kindly thanked us. Vera de Kok aided in the layout of pictures across the page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The improved and expanded the List of prizes for evidence of the paranormal (see above) has been <a href="http://lijst%20van%20prijzen%20voor%20bewijs%20van%20het%20paranormale/">translated into Dutch</a> by Leon Korteweg and Wim Vandenberghe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanyrd">Lanyrd</a> is increasingly used for planning, </span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">documenting</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and coverage of skeptical events, ranging from multi-day conferences to smaller gatherings such as Skeptics in the Pub. Leon Korteweg and Emile Dingemans thought it was time to make Lanyrd known among the Dutch-speaking public by giving them a Wikipedia page in Dutch.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete update for Voedingsadditief (Food additive). Explained what they are, and why they are in our food. How they are documented, and how strict the regulation is (with 1500 views a month, quite popular). <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voedingsadditief&diff=43436702&oldid=42932601">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Added on Multiple Sclerose (Multiple Sclerosis) a large study that HPV-vaccination is not a cause for MS. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiple_sclerose&diff=43405786&oldid=42737114">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Addition to Essentieel nutriënt (essential nutrient). <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Essentieel_nutri%C3%ABnt&diff=43214078&oldid=42948631">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checked controversial claims about the Partij van de Eenheid (a local Islamic party). <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partij_van_de_Eenheid&diff=43474405&oldid=43448361">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Added information on Chemische synthese (Chemical synthesis) to explain the misconception of 'chemical' and 'synthetic'. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chemische_synthese&diff=43409101&oldid=40557384">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rigorous restructuring of Universiteit (University). Including revising the definition as an institution for scienctic education and research. Moving national segments away to their appropriate articles, keeping the focus on University. Removal of POV, unencyclopedic writing, etc. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universiteit&diff=43228242&oldid=43125855">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asked for several sources for dubious claims on Orthomoleculaire behandelwijzen (Orthomolecular medicine). Added criticism on the method by Luc Bonneux and David Gorski. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orthomoleculaire_behandelwijzen&diff=42943720&oldid=42892297">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Added explanation on E-nummer (E number). Removed dubious claims and alarmist writings, explaining what they mean after some desk research, and why they are called 'safe'. (has around 2500 views a month) <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E-nummer&diff=42945465&oldid=42182243">Changes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Added information on the dye Amarant (Amaranth) explaining why it is forbidden in the US and not in the EU and how safe intake is controlled. Removed unnecessary alarmist cancer-claims. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amarant_%28kleurstof%29&diff=42932493&oldid=42870463">Changes</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raffaella Vitali put a lot of effort in translating the </span><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinica_Burzynski" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Burzynski Clinic to Italian</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. This fine article now joi</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ns our German, Dutch, Portuguese, and Polish versions on the controversial Texas alternative cancer treatment clinic of Stanislaw Burzynski.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monica Quijano</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> rewrote the Spanish page about Chupacabras, the cryptids that are often ascribed mysterious disappearances or deaths of animals in the Americas, but for whose existence there has never been found any conclusive reliable evidence, despite wide popular belief. The page was riddled with unsourced claims or poor citations (16 in total), now it has 53 solid references, providing much more accurate information on the subject. The article was reviewed by Walkiria Nubes and Erik Hess. </span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chupacabras&oldid=79548966" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chupacabras&oldid=80108313">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a special article for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, '<a href="http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/burzynski_clinic_a_scientifical_year_of_fail/">Burzynski Clinic: A Scientifical Year Of Fail</a>', Sharon Hill credits GSoW –among others– for providing '<span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19.5px;">extensive information and citations of [Burzynski's] failure to produce evidence, his failure to follow regulations, and the consensus that scientists and cancer organizations have discredited the doctor and his treatments</span>' on Wikipedia (in several languages).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In line with the GSoW Vax project, we will now concentrate on providing more accurate and reliable information about vaccination and the anti-vaxx movement. Susan interviewed Leon about his own story with vaccination and the situation in the Netherlands (an abridged version featured on <i>Skepticality</i> #248 <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/arcing-toward-morality/?t=11m10s">@11:10</a>).</span><br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-30245295139216688852015-01-14T06:55:00.002-08:002015-01-14T06:59:10.451-08:00Short tutorial on how to use Cat-A-Lot on Wikimedia CommonsWikimedia Commons is the media database of the Wikimedia projects. It is structures using categories, <a href="http://guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.nl/2013/03/how-to-categorize-people-on-wikimedia_3.html">I've blogged about how categories work on 'Commons before</a>. Yesterday Leon asked me if I knew a tool that would easily categorize a batch of images. Cat-A-Lot is a usefull tool for this. I made a short screencast explaining how to use it: <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What an amazing year! Really we have been busy. I look back on the last few blog updates and see some incredible work by our GSoW team. We are really making a difference and continuing to grow. The conference season is about to start and lets hope that you will see GSoW members at all the conferences (big and small) as you know we need the outreach in order to be able to recruit new members and gather more citations, audio and photographs of the people and projects from our community. Yours Truly began the year with the first <a href="http://montereycountyskeptics.blogspot.com/2015/01/skepticamp-2015.html" target="_blank">SkeptiCamp of 2015</a> in my local skeptic group (our first conference) it was a blast and am already planning the 2016 event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out this awesome cartoon Kyle Saunders drew for us and it tells the story better than I can. We have really frustrated a lot of paranormal people. I got a tweet last week from someone I don't know that said this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I can only assume this is another person that is upset that we are asking for citations for claims made on Wikipedia. Sorry, but that is just how it works. Fascinating mentality. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had nine new members in the last two weeks. That is a very good sign, and three others are about to come out of training. I should be able to talk about their final projects next blog update. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have several pages that are only sentences away from being finished that are not included here on this update. We want to make sure everything is completed before we release them. So they will be waiting till the next update as well. So in the meantime, enjoy what our team has created for you, and for the rest of the world. We are truly reaching beyond the choir!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon Korteweg continued his efforts to document all skeptical organisations in Europe by translating <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_zur_wissenschaftlichen_Untersuchung_von_Parawissenschaften">Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften</a> (GWUP) to Dutch. This organisation that unifies all German-speaking skeptics in Europe (essentially Germans, Austrians and Swiss), is among the most active and visual skeptical </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">societies</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on the continent and works together closely with other </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">groups in for example the Netherlands and Belgium. The article was reviewed by Rian van Lierop and Tijmen van Assen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the same category, Leon translated <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council_of_Skeptical_Organisations">European Council of Skeptical Organisations</a> and <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Skeptical_Enquiry">Association for Skeptical Enquiry</a> that he first wrote in English (see below). Emile Dingemans reviewed the Dutch versions.</span><br />
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Although famous as "The Science Guy" in the United States, <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye">Bill Nye</a> is not well-known in the Dutch-speaking world. Tijmen van Assen, assisted by Leon Korteweg, decided to make extensive biographical information about this science educator available in their language.</span><br />
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Coen de Bruijn, Emile Dingemans and Leon Korteweg greatly expanded Flemish philosopher Maarten Boudry's page (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maarten_Boudry&direction=prev&oldid=42593646">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maarten_Boudry&oldid=42910871">After</a>). A rising star within the skeptical movement, he repeated a Sokal-style hoax and succeeded in fooling two Christian philosophical conferences. His thesis on psychoanalysis (that was recently made into an audiobook by Jozef Van Giel), earned him the SKEPP prize for the best research into pseudoscience and the paranormal. He has since organised and spoke at many conferences about pseudoscience.</span><br />
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<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de_Jong">Catherine de Jong</a> is arguably the most powerful woman in European skepticism. She led the 10:23 Campaign in the Netherlands, became chair of the Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij (Dutch Society Against Quackery, the oldest skeptical organisation in the world), and in 2013 was elected board member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations. Vera de Kok took her picture and recorded her voice intro, Leon Korteweg wrote her biography, our new member Raymond van Es reviewed it.</span><br />
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Emile Dingemans successfully managed to keep the page about "The Iceman" Wim Hof factually accurate, when Hof's son tried to insert extraordinary claims without any evidence to back it up. Although Hof claims to be able to cope with extreme cold through a mixture of Buddhist, Hindu and other Asian meditation techniques, scientific investigations from two universities provide some evidence suggesting that a particular breathing technique, that has nothing to do with the psyche, but also a genetic advantage, help Hof endure low temperatures rather than any psychological manipulation of the auto-immune system. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wim_Hof&oldid=42527294">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wim_Hof&oldid=42863204">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comité Para was updated by Leon Korteweg after it adopted a new logo and changed its longer official n</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ame. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comit%C3%A9_Para&oldid=41620399">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comit%C3%A9_Para&direction=next&oldid=41620399">After</a></span><br />
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When the Lijst van skeptische tijdschriften (List of skeptical magazines) was challenged for a lack of reliable sources, Leon Korteweg took the criticism seriously and contacted the Archive for the Unexplained in Sweden, that holds one of the world's most extensive collections of skeptical and ufological magazines. With its database as reference, the page was revised and expanded in both Dutch and English (see below), and saved from deletion in Dutch, having been reviewed by several non-GSoW Wikipedians. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lijst_van_skeptische_tijdschriften&oldid=42047291">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lijst_van_skeptische_tijdschriften&oldid=42909945">After</a></span><br />
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<br />The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council_of_Skeptical_Organisations">European Council of Skeptical Organisations</a> (ECSO) coordinates the work of many (trans)national and regional groups in Europe, hosting, organising or sponsoring conferences and symposia, exchanging information and supporting the setup of hew groups. Leon Korteweg collaborated with many others to complete this umbrella organisation's article, including ECSO chairman Gábor Hraskó, ECSO board member Catherine de Jong, former ECSO board member Michael Heap, András Pínter, Susan Gerbic, Vera de Kok (technical support) and Ryan Harding (reviewing). After publication, the page was translated to Dutch (see above) and Hungarian (see below).</span><br />
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While drafting the ECSO, Susan suggested we should contact the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Skeptical_Enquiry">Association for Skeptical Enquiry</a> as well. The ASKE is, amongst other things, known for organising skeptical conferences in Manchester a decade before QED originated, distributing the <i>Skeptical Intelligencer</i> and conducting dozens of paranormal investigations, mainly by Tony Youens. ASKE chairman Michael Heap soon aided Leon Korteweg in completing both pages, Vera de Kok helped with picture restoration, the draft was reviewed by Ryan Harding. After publication, the page was translated to Dutch (see above).</span><br />
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After the Dutch version of the List of skeptical magazines was challenged (see above), Leon Korteweg made sure reliable sources were also added in English, significantly expanding the list as well. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_skeptical_magazines&oldid=626637097">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_skeptical_magazines&oldid=640721986">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://the%20last%20dragon%20%282004%20film%29/"><i>The Last Dragon</i> (2004 film)</a> has been thoroughly cleaned up by Leon Korteweg, after warnings by other Wikipedians that no (reliable) sources were provided had been ignored for more than a year. The text consisted almost entirely of a plot summary without any reference, and seemed to encourage an uncritical view of dragons as more than mythical creatures, and to portray cryptozoology as legitimate science, blurring the lines between fact and fiction, history and imagination, with suggestive categories such as "hypothetical life forms" (which dragons aren't in biology). Critical but honest reviews of the film have been added from reliable sources. Overly important that this page gets the GSoW treatment and has correct information on it. <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201412/The%20Last%20Dragon%20(2004%20film)" target="_blank">December 2014</a> it received over 3 thousand views. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Dragon_(2004_film)&oldid=629259393" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Dragon_(2004_film)&oldid=633934238" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comité Para was updated by Leon Korteweg after it adopted a new logo and changed its longer official name. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comit%C3%A9_Para&oldid=631449030">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comit%C3%A9_Para&oldid=638047650">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skepticality - Christine Daley has taken on a much needed update of the Skepticality podcast Wikipedia page. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skepticality&oldid=613773422" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticality" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Article <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel_Williams" target="_blank">Montel Williams</a> has been updated with a criticism section by Chris Allen - Williams page now says "<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Controversial self-declared psychic</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Browne" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Sylvia Browne</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">featured frequently on The Montel Williams Show from 1991 until its finalé in 2008. Williams described Browne as "the most appearing guest on a talk show in the history of television" and "the longest running guest in daytime television",</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-finale_18-0" style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Behind_The_Wall_Of_Sleep/mw#cite_note-finale-18" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;" wotsearchprocessed="true">[18]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-huffpost_19-0" style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Behind_The_Wall_Of_Sleep/mw#cite_note-huffpost-19" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;" wotsearchprocessed="true">[19]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">and her appearances included particularly controversial incidents relating to kidnap victims</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Hornbeck" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="" wotsearchprocessed="true">Shawn Hornbeck</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><a class="mw-disambig" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Berry" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Amanda Berry" wotsearchprocessed="true">Amanda Berry</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. 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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Montauk Project (Chris Allen) rewrite and merge from <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Preston Nichols's page that was deleted. B<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montauk_Project&oldid=631039479e" target="_blank">efore</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Project" target="_blank">After</a> I had not heard of the Montauk project before Chris had taken on updating this page. So I was pretty surprised to learn that it gets a lot of page views, December 2014 it got <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201412/Montauk%20Project" target="_blank">over 10,000 views</a>. Amazing!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CICAP, the Italian skeptical organisation, was recently completely rewritten and expanded by Raffaella Vitali. <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CICAP&oldid=66899731" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/CICAP" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://goo.gl/869M1X" target="_blank">European Council of Skeptical Organisations</a> - translated by <i>András G. Pintér</i> from the English article by <i>Leon Korteweg</i></span><br />
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Origin of Species - <i>András G. Pintér</i> extended the contents of the article and divided it into sections, along with providing more reference - <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_fajok_eredete&oldid=15227264" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_fajok_eredete" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoasztronautika" target="_blank">Paleoastronautics</a> - An article </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by <i>Attila Hartai</i> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the theories of claimed historical visits by extraterrestrial intelligence</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hungarian Skeptic Society - (work still in progress) <i>András G. Pintér</i> added an info box along with additional information to the article, backed up by references - <a href="http://goo.gl/1Bk5RE" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="http://goo.gl/Nsdz8x" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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Tényeket Tisztelők Társasága - A former, no longer existing, unofficial group of Hungarian skeptics (no photo yet, work still in progress). <i>András G. Pintér</i> added more information, backed by references, <i>Attila Hartai</i> made some structural corrections - <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9nyeket_Tisztel%C5%91k_T%C3%A1rsas%C3%A1ga&oldid=15215239" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="http://goo.gl/0T3kWH" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDrl_muweKI" target="_blank">GWUP conference</a> - May 2014 - lecture by Michael Steinkellner </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://carbon-comic.com/comic/167-skepticism-on-wikipedia/" target="_blank">Carbon Dating</a> blog</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kritischdenken.info/guerrilla-skepticism-on-wikipedia/" target="_blank">Leon Korteweg's interview</a> with Dutch Kritisch Denken</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skepticality podcasts - <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/neuro-bunk/" target="_blank">Nov 20</a>, <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/martian/" target="_blank">Dec 3</a> & <a href="http://www.skepticality.com/classic-the-trouble-with-christmas/" target="_blank">Dec 24th</a> </span></div>
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-40300858856611418572014-11-02T08:09:00.001-08:002014-11-02T13:15:17.605-08:00GSoW on the Move - Sept-Oct 2014 updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Many great things have happened in the last couple months, lots of work getting done as you will see below in a few minutes. Make sure you check the before and after's on each of these rewrites, you will be amazed.</span><br />
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I have been honored by parapsychologist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Sheldrake" target="_blank">Rupert Sheldrake</a> by placing me on <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/framed?567754" target="_blank">his list of Who's Who in media skeptics</a>. I'm not sure what that means, but heck I'm with a great bunch of people. From what I can tell this is a website devoted to several aims... </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">"</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Investigates popular media pseudoskeptics."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">"</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Explores the pseudoskeptical mindset, motivation, and </span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">method."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">"</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Looks at ways in which scientific objectivity is compromised </span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">by vested interests, fraud, experimenter effects, and merchants </span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">of doubt who use skepticism as a weapon to further corporate </span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">interests."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">"</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-style: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Discusses current controversies."</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Its a terrific looking website, someone spent some time on that. I love the webpage they gave me, great photo (James Randi is sitting next to me though you can't tell) and they even finally spelled my name right. I do love this part, "Gerbic bills herself as a “professional portrait photographer who specializes in people who don’t want their portraits taken”, an insight into several forms of psychological pathology, including a lack of empathy." I suppose they think I take photos under bathroom stalls and with a hidden camera on a bus or something. It's possible taking pictures of children who don't want their photos taken might mean I lack empathy? Anyway, guess I'm just going to have to stay tuned to see how this all plays out, can't wait to be "investigated" by this crowd. </span><br />
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GSoW would also like to thank Peter Mogyoros for his many months as team leader of the Hungarian editing team. Due to work and school issues he will be stepping down, but remaining with the project. Peter was know for the amazing work rewriting the <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Péter Érdi pages in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_%C3%89rdi" target="_blank">English</a> and <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rdi_P%C3%A9ter" target="_blank">Hungarian</a>.</span> Our first ever non-English voice audio. Thank you Peter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Replacing him will be <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">András Gábor Pintér </span>a current member of the team. We all look forward to watching you grow the Hungarian team and turning out those pages <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">András. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">And we are adding one more team leader to our group. Team Curie will now have three Team Leaders</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">Ryan Harding, Richard and joining us is Christine Daley. Christine has been one of our Honeybadgers, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">running all over the place trying to get things done. She has been active on Todd Robbins, <i>I Sold My </i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;"><i>Soul on Ebay</i>, Angela Saini, Sanal Edamaruku, David Koepsell, Paul Zenon, Derek Colanduno and </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">Friends of Science in Medicine. Welcome Christine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">Here is a project that I have only become aware of in the last week. I've had a long phone conversation</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">with the leader of this project and think its so important that I'm willing to take a chance that this will</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">steal some of GSoW's "thunder". I'm going to link to James Heilman's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/wikipedia-is-emerging-as-trusted-internet-source-for-information-on-ebola-.html?_r=2" target="_blank">NYTimes interview here</a>, but </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">in a nutshell what he is trying to do (and is doing) is to get correct medical information onto Wikipedia</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">in all languages. Sounds familiar right? He has a different organizational approach than GSoW has, but the </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">goal is the same, focus is on educating the World. He has selected 35-50 Wikipedia medical pages and </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">made sure they are well-written, then he is working with Translators without Borders to get these </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">articles into all languages. In some cases they are translating the entire page, in others they are working </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">on making sure the lede of the article is available in all languages. As he said to me, it is more important </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">to write 30 small articles with correct information, than to write 2 complete articles with all the detail.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;"> In this case he is correct, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">time is money. And if you would like to contribute money I'm sure they </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">would not argue, in many cases </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">he has to actually hire someone to translate these pages. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">James and I will keep in touch and collaborate </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">if possible. Very exciting to see two projects spring up </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">like this. I've already learned a great deal from his </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">project. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">I think that is all the updates I have for you all at the moment. Please review the before and afters of</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">each of these rewrites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzynski_Clinic">Burzynski Clinic</a> (new page created) - Rian van Lierop, Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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Voice intros recorded and pictures taken of <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cees_Renckens">Cees Renckens</a>, <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruiker:Nederlandse_Leeuw/CdJ">Catherine de Jong</a> and <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Willem_Nienhuys">Jan Willem Nienhuys</a> - Vera de Kok</span><br />
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Elektrosmog - Emile Dingemans - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elektrosmog&oldid=41386248">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elektrosmog&oldid=42223841">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_cognitieve_biases">Lijst van cognitieve biases</a> (new page created) - Coen de Bruijn, Emile Dingemans, Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_skeptische_conferenties">Lijst van skeptische conferenties</a> (new page created) - Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_skeptische_organisaties">Lijst van skeptische organisaties</a> (new page created) - Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_skeptische_podcasts">Lijst van skeptische podcasts</a> (new page created) - Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_skeptische_tijdschriften">Lijst van skeptische tijdschriften</a> (new page created) - Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaneffect">Maaneffect</a> (new page created) - Leon Korteweg, Coen de Bruijn, Emile Dingemans</span><br />
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Tim Trachet - Leon Korteweg - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Trachet&oldid=41315124">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Trachet&direction=next&oldid=41315124">After</a></span><br />
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Wi-Fi#Gezondheidsrisico - Emile Dingemans - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wi-Fi&oldid=41465939">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wi-Fi&oldid=42226909">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wim Hof - Emile Dingemans - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wim_Hof&oldid=42042553">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wim_Hof&oldid=42048965">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Andrews">Seth Andrews</a> (new page created) - Jelena Levin, Leon Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">European Humanist Federation - Leon Korteweg - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Humanist_Federation&oldid=624649602">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Humanist_Federation&oldid=629572391">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Trachet">Tim Trachet</a> (new page created) - Leon Korteweg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Budd Hopkins - Janyce Boynton </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Budd_Hopkins&oldid=623804806" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Robert Sapolsky small rewrite - Steff - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Sapolsky&oldid=620425203" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sapolsky" target="_blank">After</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Peter Gleick small rewrite - Monica Quijano - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Gleick&oldid=617793279" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gleick" target="_blank">After</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Derek Colanduno - Tim Farley & Christine Daley - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derek_Colanduno&oldid=250537859" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Colanduno" target="_blank">After</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bruce Hood - Steff - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bruce_Hood_(psychologist)&oldid=607685518" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hood_(psychologist)" target="_blank">After</a></span></div>
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Vincent Racaniello - Kyle Hamar - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vincent_Racaniello&oldid=608695701" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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Sarah Gray Thomason - Monica Quijano - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Thomason&oldid=544264731" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Thomason" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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Preston Nichols/Montauk Project hoax - Chris Allen (the Nichols page was nominated for deletion months ago for lack of notoriety and the Montauk Project page was a stub. Chris took what was needed from the Nichols page and then asked for deletion, then merged it into the Montauk Project page. We want to make sure when people are looking for info about conspiracy theories, they are finding good information. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Montauk_Project" target="_blank">Look at the talk page</a> for the Montauk Project page and you will see how much interest there has been on this page, its quite an eyeful. Chris has done a terrific job with this merger. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montauk_Project&oldid=631039479" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Project" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-75826256200472831282014-10-23T20:02:00.000-07:002014-10-23T21:05:02.749-07:00A pair of facts beats a full house of myths - RIP Fred Green<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is with a very heavy heart that I need to share with you all the loss of one of my GSoW editors. I do not know the circumstances of his death, and how he died is not important to this story. <br /><br />Fred friended me on Facebook Dec 24, 2012 with this message "I am completely new to WP, I have no account and no experience. I would love to help out in any way I can though, I suspect it will be more rewarding than commenting on facebook posts, lol." He was spot on with that. He invested his time on a project that really makes a difference, his contributions, lasting.<br /><br />Fred was generous with his time, had a great positive attitude, and quickly became someone that took on responsibilities. GSoW thrived on Facebook groups for over a year, but we kept growing and we wanted to mingle the languages, so we built a forum. Fred was chosen to be the team leader of one of the English teams, Sagan. He remained an important part of our growth until a few months ago when he asked to step down for personal reasons. <br /><br />During his tenure with GSoW he worked on some really great pages, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemant_Mehta">Hemant Mehta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hurmence_Green" target="_blank">Ruth Hurmence Green</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_skepticism">Skeptic Booklist</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Association_of_Atheists_%26_Freethinkers">Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF)</a>. For someone with no experience he took on the challenge and made a difference. Fred also worked behind the scenes, training and supporting other GSoW editors. On our forum, he introduced himself and added " My experience with editing WP articles is limited but Susan keeps me around for her own amusement." And I would have too, he was that kind of person, you just wanted him on your team. I'm glad that even though it was a short time, I can say he was on my team. <br /><br />I'm trying not to get all soppy, which is difficult during this emotional time. I think this is a great reminder that there are all kinds of special people out there, people who you haven't met yet, and maybe if your lucky, like I was, you will get a Facebook friend request from one of them and find out you have just met a very special person. The line "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.9999990463257px;">A pair of facts beats a full house of myths." was Fred's signature on our forum.</span></span><br />
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The person on the forum that knew him the best was Lei Pinter who wanted to share her thoughts with you also...</div>
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I lost a friend today. We only met once in person but we had a special friendship nonetheless. We worked together on editing a couple of Wikipedia pages and trained other folks how to make the edits as well. It sounds kinda dry, I realize, but for a couple of IT geeks it was an oddly cathartic hobby.</div>
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The one time we met he went out of his way to join my sons and me at dinner while I was near his hometown on a business trip. We had talked online a few times, had some similar life experiences, but this was our one and only face to face meeting. As we all sat down over a full spread of Mexican food we felt like old friends. Talking about his experiences in the Air Force, comparing notes on current IT fads, and falling into an instant kinship over our shared hobbies. It meant a lot to me that he took the time out of his busy evening to meet with us. But from what I have read online that was his personality all of the time - kind, gentle, and very family oriented.</div>
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I don't know the details of his passing, and may never know. But I know that he made an impact on the world. Writers like Jennifer Michael Hecht often talk about how hard it is to pay attention to life as we are living it. But just in the act of having made it this far our friends have "made it to the first reel". And a little piece of them sticks with us and makes us better people by association.</div>
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-7267503652076315082014-09-04T20:29:00.001-07:002014-10-29T08:36:43.192-07:00 July-August updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Hello everyone, what a busy summer it was for GSoW. Many of our team members were away from the project but we still managed to get a lot done as you are about to see. </i><br />
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<i>For those of you not familiar with this blog you will find below all the pages that we have either created brand new or completed major rewrites of. I encourage you to click on the "before" and "after" for each of these rewrites. When I see the differences I always get a thrill chill, even after seeing hundreds of these over the last 3 years. Most of these "befores" have been in this horrible condition for years and if not for GSoW would have probably remained this way forever. </i><br />
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<i>There is an interview at the bottom of this blog that has this exchange between myself and Emery Emery. He was thanking us for creating his Wikipedia page. I answered that I was glad he liked it, but we didn't create it for him, it was created because we felt that it was warranted. The work we do here is for YOU the reader and for all the Wikipedia readers out there. I hope you learn something new. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A treat for all our readers... <a href="http://listen.hatnote.com/" target="_blank">Listen to Wikipedia being edited</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GSoW members and other skeptics are currently in the process of captioning Richard Saunders' documentary, that features interviews with people who have lived in the time before widespread immunization was introduced, and victims of vaccine-preventable diseases suffered tremendously, often leading to death. It is a pressing warning to everyone: please vaccinate your children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Danish subtitles - Claus Larsen (non-GSoW)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dutch subtitles - Rik and Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (GSoW)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Italian subtitles - Raffaella Vitali (GSoW)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Portuguese subtitles - Nix Dorf (GSoW)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian subtitles - Svetlana Bavykina </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(GSoW)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turkish subtitles - Isil Arican (non-GSoW)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expected: Hungarian, Serbian, Slovak, possibly also Norwegian, Greek, Spanish and Finnish. If you don't see your language here, contact Richard Saunders to see if you can help! (GSoW membership not required)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leon talks about the project <a href="http://kloptdatwel.nl/2014/08/16/vaccination-chronicles/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.kritischdenken.info/de-gevolgen-van-niet-vaccineren-skeptici-in-actie-met-een-documentaire/">here</a></span><br />
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David Koepsell - <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Trumbore & Christine Daley - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Koepsell&oldid=602357289" target="_blank">Before</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koepsell" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daniele Bolelli - Greg Neilson</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniele_Bolelli&oldid=608542305" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_Bolelli" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dickson Despommier - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Hamar</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dickson_Despommier&oldid=607485507" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson_Despommier" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friends Of Science In Medicine - Christine Daley</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friends_of_Science_in_Medicine&oldid=603192262" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Science_in_Medicine" target="_blank">After</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heather Dewey-Hagborg - Janyce Boynton - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heather_Dewey-Hagborg&oldid=601875006" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Dewey-Hagborg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">L. Sprague de Camp - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L._Sprague_de_Camp&oldid=616572042" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprague_de_Camp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Janyce Boynton</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_skeptical_conferences">List of skeptical conferences</a> - Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_skeptical_magazines">List of skeptical magazines</a> - Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_skeptical_podcasts">List of skeptical podcasts</a> - Leon (additions by András, Svetlana, Todd, Raffaella and Michelle)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_about_skepticism">Lists about skepticism</a> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One List To Rule Them All") </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Massimo Polidoro - Raffaella Vitali - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massimo_Polidoro&oldid=452146816" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Polidoro" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Matt Dillahunty - Jay Young </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Dillahunty&oldid=620065561" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillahunty" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vincent Racaniello - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vincent_Racaniello&oldid=608695701" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello" target="_blank">After</a> - Kyle Hamar </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maynard - Greg Neilson</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maynard_(broadcaster)&oldid=600003421" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_(broadcaster)" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neil Gershenfeld - Jelena Levin - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neil_Gershenfeld&oldid=593754704" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld" target="_blank">After</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Robert Ingersoll Birthplace Museum - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ingersoll_Birthplace" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">new photos</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (thanks to Tom Flynn & Monica Harmsen) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Richard Wiseman - Walkiria Nubes Cordova & Dustin Phillips - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Wiseman&oldid=610282003" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wiseman" target="_blank">After</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rosemary Altea - Lee Christie</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosemary_Altea&oldid=618035437" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Altea" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepter"><i>Skepter</i></a> - Leon </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptics_with_a_K" target="_blank"><i>Skeptics with a K</i> podcast</a> - Leon Korteweg - New page</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stichting Skepsis - Leon - </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stichting_Skepsis&direction=prev&oldid=609672760" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stichting_Skepsis" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">After</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Skeptical_magazines" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Template:Skeptical magazines</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Victor J. Stenger - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Todd Dietrich</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&oldid=598533748" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_J._Stenger" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Massimo Polidoro </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in </span><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Polidoro" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Italian</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Raffaella Vitali </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella" target="_blank">Steven Novella </a>- Nix Dorf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wiseman" target="_blank">Richard Wiseman</a> - Val<span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">é</span>rio Andrade Melo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD,_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4" target="_blank">Richard Wiseman</a> - Svetlana </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bavykina & Jelena Levin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just in case you have missed it, GSoW has had some great new interviews, be sure to check them out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://skepticallyyours.net/episode-74/" target="_blank">Skeptically Yours</a> recorded at TAM 2014 - Emery Emery & Heather Henderson Interviewed Susan, Nix and Lei </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://dataskeptic.com/epnotes/ep012.php" target="_blank">Data Skeptic</a> - lots of numbers in this interview - skeptics like stats don't they?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.skepticule.co.uk/2014/07/skepticule-076-20140630.html?m=1" target="_blank">Skepticule</a> talks about the GSoW secret forum (at about 8:00)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/b0vu" target="_blank">dowser's site</a> that is frustrated with Wikipedia editors you might enjoy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a birthday video courtesy of our Portuguese team leader Nix Dorf. Make sure you continue reading after with the most recent May and June page improvements. Thank you all for your support. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rdi_P%C3%A9ter" target="_blank">Péter Érdi</a> - now translated into Hungarian by Peter Mogyoros</span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudom%C3%A1nyos_szkepticizmus" target="_blank">Tudományos szkepticizmus</a> (Scientific skepticism) - complete rewrite in Hungarian by Attila Hartai</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrask%C3%B3_G%C3%A1bor" target="_blank">Gábor Hraskó</a> - new page created by the Hungarian team</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Neil deGrasse Tyson</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> - new Hungarian page for our favourite astrophysicist, by Laura Csécsi and Attila Hartai</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken" target="_blank">Erich von Däniken</a> - expanded in Hungarian by Attila Hartai</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail" target="_blank">Chemtrail</a> - expanded in Hungarian by Attila Hartai</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faye_Flam" target="_blank">Faye Flam</a> - Richard </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Death from the Skies! - rewritten by Peter Trussell <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_from_the_Skies!&oldid=607949880" target="_blank">Before</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_the_Skies" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Nicol_Gaylor" target="_blank">Anne Nicol Gaylor</a> - brand new page created by Sean Whitcomb</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_van_den_Berg" target="_blank">Floris van den Berg</a> - Leon Korteweg had written this page in Dutch years ago and now has translated it into English with the help of Luke.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marci Hamilton - rewritten by Michael Bigelow - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marci_Hamilton&oldid=567493238" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marci_Hamilton" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Terry Smiljanich - rewritten by Bill - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terry_Smiljanich&oldid=534688382" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Smiljanich" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan Phelps - now <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BF%D1%81,_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" target="_blank">translated to Russian</a> by <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Svetlana Bavykina and Jelena Levin</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/10:23-campagne" target="_blank">10:23 Campaign page now has been translated into Dutch</a> thanks to </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wim Vandenberghe</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & Leon Korteweg </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuw_athe%C3%AFsme" target="_blank">New Atheism page</a> has gone through an edit war for several months over on the Dutch WP, but Leon and Emile Dingemans stuck it out and got their changes to stick.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comit%C3%A9_Para" target="_blank">Comité Para</a> is now in Dutch thanks to Leon, Rik and Emile</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Kennis_van_Nu_Radio" target="_blank">De Kennis van Nu Radio</a> - in Dutch - Leon Korteweg</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Hendrik_van_Leeuwen" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Gerrit Hendrik van Leeuwen</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - In Dutch - Emile Dingemans</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jan Willem Nienhuys' stub was greatly expanded in Dutch by Emile: <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan_Willem_Nienhuys&oldid=40719590">Before</a> & <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan_Willem_Nienhuys&oldid=41616948">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside_Skeptics_Society" target="_blank">Merseyside Skeptics Society</a> - In Dutch - Leon and Wim</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins_Foundation_for_Reason_and_Science" target="_blank">Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science </a>- In Dutch - </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tijmen, Leon</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The history section of Scientific Skepticism has been expanded by Leon and Luke in English: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scientific_skepticism&oldid=607096349#History_of_scientific_skepticism" style="text-decoration: underline;">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scientific_skepticism&oldid=611347470#History_of_scientific_skepticism">After</a>. Thereafter the entire page was translated to</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetenschappelijk_skepticisme" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dutch</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Leon and Rik</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skeptics%27_Guide_to_the_Universe" target="_blank">SGU - Skeptics Guide to the Universe</a> - now in Dutch thanks to Vera and Leon</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer" target="_blank">Skeptical Inquirer magazine</a> is now in Dutch - Leon</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Karr" target="_blank">Barry Karr</a> - Susan Gerbic</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_en_is_gheen_wonder" target="_blank">Wonder en is gheen wonder</a> in Dutch by Leon and Emile</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve Novella rewrite - Jim Preston & Kyle Hamar - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steven_Novella&oldid=438675982" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cactimed9.com/2014/06/14/408/" target="_blank">Portuguese blog written by Nix Dorf</a></span></span></span><br />
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sgerbichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354138750695010886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-65611587075111232522014-06-24T18:08:00.002-07:002014-07-01T03:42:32.841-07:00Why we have a private forum. A response to Rebecca O'Neill<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I was brought to the attention of an article titled <a href="http://skepticireland.com/archives/1063">Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project – A discussion</a> by Rebecca O'Neill from the Dublin Skeptics and host of<i> The Skeprechauns</i> podcast. As part of her study in online curation, a large part of her research in crowd-sourcing on the Internet focused on the Wikimedia project, which brought her attention to GSoW. She expressed concerns about the way GSoW operates (she did so before on her podcast, <a href="http://theskeprechauns.com/archives/294">episode 57 around 1:02:15</a>), mainly because of its private forum where articles are prepared before they are published, which allegedly isn't as transparent as Wikipedia itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm happy that GSoW receives some feedback/criticism from within the movement that I can address. As team leader of the Dutch language group of GSoW, I have been part of this great project (with about 150 skeptical editors from around the world!) for exactly 13 months. Consequently, I focus on the Dutch Wikipedia, that sometimes has different rules to the English Wikipedia, and we are mostly translating English or other language articles to Dutch, so my experience is less in creating new articles on the English Wikipedia (and providing pictures, for which we have a wonderful photographers team, but I digress), which appears to be the main subject of Rebecca's article, but I will nonetheless try to address it as best as I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rebecca says that '[w]hilst we can all agree that improving and adding well researched content to Wikipedia is a worthwhile endeavour', her 'main unease' is the fact we have a private (or "secret") forum, "which I have no knowledge of the nature of the discussions on the forum as I have not approached the group to become a member." Well, you can always apply to join if you want to help improve Wikipedia, value the scientific method and the evidence it produces, use critical thinking and want to get instructions on how to write about it in an encyclopedic fashion, because we're always looking for new editors; insiders' knowledge would give you greater insight in what we are actually doing than any hypothesising about what we might be doing wrong from the outside. But we can't demand that of you, and we don't give access to people who are simply interested in 'keeping track of what GSoW does', even close friends – we have a <a href="http://www.guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.com/">fine blog</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Guerrilla-Skepticism-on-Wikipedia-GSoW/413616112078347?fref=ts">Facebook group page</a> for that, both of which are public, which should suffice – we only let people join who want to participate </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">actively</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, so I'll try to explain it with the insiders' knowledge I have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rebecca compared our forum to what Wikipedia describes as a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cabals">secret cabal</a>" and the problems that may produce. If anyone wants to know (as can be expected of good skeptics, and Rebecca indeed indicated she is aware of it), we've had these kinds of criticism before from outside the skeptic movement by people like <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/bCK">Rupert Sheldrake</a>, <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/mc5">Deepak</a> <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/mdo">Chopra</a> (twice indirectly), <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/bHU">Craig Weiler</a>, <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/mdT">Rome Viharo</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/russtarg/posts/863479653677664?fref=nf">Russell Targ</a> (indirectly) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Torgownik#Offsite_recruiting">Brian Josephson</a>; it turned out on every occasion that these individuals either didn't know or understand the rules of Wikipedia (some didn't even bother to check), or falsely applied them to GSoW when they did. By the way, all of them accused us of 'distorting' their biographies on Wikipedia (if they had one), but GSoW wasn't involved in the editing of any of those pages (you can check it yourself if you don't believe it simply by viewing the page histories, and falsifying this with our blog updates we do about every major edit we've been working on in the past two months). Nonetheless, our project leader Susan Gerbic (listen to almost any podcast interview or filmed lecture she's done since October 2013, for example <a href="http://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu/438">the SGU interview</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZaKjrBuR4E">the QED lecture</a> Rebecca referred to, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsZM-Rtfg2Y">this QED panel discussion (I wave at the camera at 0:11</a>)) and Tim Farley (<a href="http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/right-wrong-complaints-craigslist-sheldrake-wikipedia/">Sheldrake/Weiler</a>, <a href="http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/quantum-wikipedia-rules-deepak-chopra-coi-conflict-interest/">Chopra</a>, <a href="http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/nothere-wikipedia-craig-weiler-rome-viharo-tumbleman-rupert-sheldrake/#more-7324">Not Here</a>), and others of us or not of us (for example, <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115533/rupert-sheldrake-fools-bbc-deepak-chopra">Jerry Coyne</a>, <a href="http://www.skepticblog.org/2013/11/04/chopra-shoots-at-skepticism-and-misses/">Steven Novella</a>, <a href="http://doubtfulnews.com/2014/05/the-latest-fringe-researcher-to-complain-about-wikipedia-russell-targ/">Sharon Hill</a> and <a href="http://www.skeptical-science.com/bullshit/deepak-chopra-upset-wikipedia-page-factual/">David Gamble</a>), on or off Wikipedia, have rebutted all these straw man critiques, vindicating any suggestion that we don't take criticism seriously, let alone ignore it altogether. But since the criticism comes from within our movement this time, I'm happy to explain it again to fellow skeptics who may have missed it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <b>Disruption of the project.</b> Not at all, we're trying to expand and improve it for all of us and remove misleading information, and proudly so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <b>Promotion of its members to become Wikipedia functionaries</b>. This is something we rarely do, there is no real need. One of our members was already an admin before joining, but she never uses admin powers to guard articles against edits of others; she's mostly concerned with guarding copyright laws on Commons, and also notifies us if we are violating it, offering alternatives. Another member has applied to become a patroller on the Hungarian Wikipedia (because new changes to a page must be patrolled there), so readers can immediately view our recent edits. We value discussion of content and jointly seeking a solution to a disagreement rather than imposing our point of view from positions of power (if you want an example of a Wikipedia that is taken over and controlled by people with a specific point of view that don't allow dissent, just look at the Croatian Wikipedia, <a href="http://www.jutarnji.hr/radikalni-desnicari-preuzeli-uredivanje-hr-wikipedije--ndh-nije-svjesno-bila-totalitarna--a-antifasizam-se-bori-protiv-svih-sloboda-/1125398/">where conservative revisionist Catholic nationalists rule</a>). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <b>Canvassing.</b> This means mass voting, for example on the (non)deletion of a page, to influence its outcome. We respect Wikipedia's rules and only editors that were involved in editing a specific page are allowed to cast a vote and explain their reasoning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. <b>Meatpuppetry</b>. GSoW is not meatpuppetry per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MEAT#Meatpuppetry">WP:MEAT</a> because we do not solicit other people in order to influence the editorial process or to sway consensus. In fact, Wikipedia even gives a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meat_puppetry#What_is_not_meatpuppetry">list of examples of things</a> we do which do not constitute meatpuppetry. The great irony of this argument is that our 6 critics from outside the skeptic movement mentioned have all tried to do exactly this, either themselves or recruiting others on their behalf to target a single page and change it in their favour. Tim Farley's 3rd article mentioned above, '<a href="http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/nothere-wikipedia-craig-weiler-rome-viharo-tumbleman-rupert-sheldrake/">When you’re not here to create an encyclopedia, your Wikipedia statistics show it</a>', describes exactly how they do it and why we don't. I myself write about lots of different subjects (history, geography, music, politics, linguistics, philosophy and culture</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that have nothing or little to do with skepticism, as can be seen on my user page and checked in my user contributions list.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. <b>Conflicts of interest</b><i>. </i>See point C below.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. <b>Having an "agenda"</b>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "agenda" argument doesn't hold water either: we have an interest in certain topics to be sure, but we are always trying to find <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS">RS</a> to back up our claims. On <i>The Skeprechauns</i>, Rebecca even admitted it's an agenda they agree with, so I don't understand their problem with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But by far, Rebecca's main concern is that we have a "secret" forum. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rebecca argues that '[a]</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">s a community our actions should be open for all to see, so that they are above reproach.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> First of all, nowadays we prefer to call a "private" forum, which Susan explains as follows: 'Since QED I have been trying to use the phrase “private forum”
instead of “secret forum”. Obviously it is not a secret, as we
are discussing it here. It is a private forum. We built it and use
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>What the advantages of a private forum are:</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. <b>Anonimity!</b><i> </i>Wikipedia is constructed so that anyone editing it can remain anonymous if they so choose by using nicknames instead of our real ones. The reason for this is that some of us don't want to be bothered outside of Wikipedia with what we write. An example could be that one wants to write about atheism while still being in the closet inside a very religious community, and have chosen not to come out yet for strategic purposes (anyone who follows atheist podcasts like <i>The Thinking Atheist</i> can relate to this). GSoW members can indicate to Susan that they do not wish to be named, so that their real-life identities won't be exposed when she posts a blog update or talks about GSoW during an interview or lecture. Some of us have decided to use our real name on Wikipedia (Susan is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sgerbic">Sgerbic</a>), or use a nickname but either mention their real name on our user page (Tim Farley is <a href="user:Krelnik">Krelnik</a>, which btw is also his Twitter and YouTube name), or only outside of Wikipedia (I am <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruiker:Nederlandse_Leeuw">Nederlandse Leeuw</a>, but I don't say so on my user page and prefer to keep it that way for the foreseeable future; I do sometimes say directly or indirecly what my name is on the Internet (as Rebecca acknowledged, my Facebook profile states that I work for GSoW) or in real life conversations), others prefer not to reveal their identity to anyone publicly online, and it's very important that they have that option.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">B. <b>Privacy in personal matters</b>. Closely related to anonimity. We can discuss our personal stories and experiences with certain subjects (either in the work threads or in the Tea Room) that we cannot share if we want to remain anonymous. The forum </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(and the Facebook groups)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">provides a space for private information </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is not fit for WP talk pages where anyone can read them. Susan has stated many times that she would feel bad about publicly arguing in all honesty 'Person X or Y is not notable enough (yet) for his or her own Wikipedia page', especially when it's a close skeptical friend (which can be unintentionally taken as a lack of affection or even an insult), or when it's one of the people we regard as our opponents, who can then claim 'censorship!' and 'conspiracy!' when they read it on our forum. We don't want nor need that kind of drama.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I myself have previously given this fictional example: one of our editors comments inside our forum </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh man this guy is a total fraud! When I still believed in him, it cost me so much money. I'm gonna write criticism about him on WP to warn others, who will help me?!" You're just not going to write something so personal openly on a talk page, or you'll be made fun of or accused of partiality (not having an NPOV or Neutral Point of View), while here on the forum you'll probably receive sympathy and motivate someone else to actually help you write a scathing piece. For this you need to trust the people you are talking to not to leak any data.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In some cases we do inform our </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scientific/</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">skeptical spokespeople that we will write, are currently writing or have just written (or rewritten) their biographies on Wikipedia, depending on the situation; they may give us additional references, a voice introduction (new!), but most of all </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">photos</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to use on the page. I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">t is a common misconception that we can take images from anywhere. Only the person who owns it can upload it because of the strict copyright policy that Wikimedia Commons has. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C. <b>Preparing an article without interference</b>. Rebecca argues that a secret cabal 'could spawn problems around conflict of interest (COI), especially if the initial conversations about the creation, editing or deletion of articles are not done out in the open</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'. But it remains unclear why these '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">initial conversations' </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">should be public; non-members would still not have a say in reaching that consensus if they may view but not comment. It's kind of true that we create our 'own consensus' on the forum when assessing the sources we want to use in a draft article (Are they relevant? Are they reliable? Are they internally consistent? How should we write about them while avoiding </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plagiarism (either by summarising, paraphrasing or directly quoting)? etc. or when translating carefully checking what the foreign words actually mean or how they were probably intended by the author of a source)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but I don't see anything wrong with that. We publish an article when it is ready, if possible with one or more photos (here again our connections to skeptical spokespeople are important and some prefer them to be anonymous), which occasionally takes time. Sometimes a draft is written on the forum, but most of the time we use our user subpages (in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pq4BGMFsmg">this video</a> – that Ryan Harding and I captioned in English and Dutch – Tim Farley </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eloquently</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">explains at TAM 2012 why this is preferable).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an example, just look at my draft of the Comité Para (one of, if not </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> oldest skeptical organisation in the world): </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nederlandse_Leeuw/Comit%C3%A9_Para" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User:Nederlandse_Leeuw/Comité_Para</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my own words, the forum makes it possible to deliver well-referenced, grammar-checked and imagine-loaded qualitative pages instead of unfinished stubs and edit conflicts and edit wars with non-skeptics along the way to good articles. It's much easier to translate eachother's articles etc. to different languages within our group, too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But here is the important part: once an article is published, criticism by and discussion with others on Wikipedia itself is welcomed. People can always challenge our text by challenging the accuracy of the sources we have provided and submitting better ones that correct them. Preferably they do this on that article's talk page with a justification why they think their refs are better than the current ones, but if it's just a minor edit, a simple reason in the Edit summary will do. The 'consensus' we reached on the forum is not infallible and we never claimed it was. We are skeptics and self-criticism is one of our core values. But we just think, arguing from our and others' experiences, that preparing it on or via the forum works better than doing it "live" on Wikipedia for the reasons I've stated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D. <b>Training to prevent "biting" (a.k.a. "throwing yourself to the wolves")</b><i>. </i>Rebecca explains correctly that '[b]iting is when a more experienced editor will be seen to “smack down” a more junior editor</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">', but argues '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[GSoW gives] the distinct impression that they are providing a support structure that is missing from Wikipedia and without it there is no way for editors to learn the ropes which is patently untrue,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">' which is unfortunately a straw man. There are indeed support structures (she mentioned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse">Teahouse</a> – not to be confused with our Tea Room), though they can be hard to find, you need someone that has the patience to explain everything to you, you can get lost in their help files etc. and they don't necessarily provide information on how to find and use reliable sources. (When I joined the Dutch Wikipedia in 2008, there was no such thing – and as far as I'm aware there still isn't – but I was lucky to have a patient user explain the basics of referencing to me, and other kind users have helped me along the way and I taught myself a lot by imitating and experimenting). All of this happens in our training threads, where new editors are given tasks on how to do basic editing (by the Welcome Team, sometimes assisted by specific team leaders) and make sure their edits won't be removed right away. Sometimes an editor is so excited to go on to the real work or already has enough experience with editing Wikipedia, that they'll skip or drop out of the training; that's their choice, because GSoW is voluntary. Training is one of the support structures we provide, and if one doesn't need it, fine. Consequences could be that they end up actually not understanding how Wikipedia works, having their articles deleted for bad editing or get drawn into vicious edit wars and lots of name calling on the talk pages, ending in their decision to quit Wikipedia out of utter frustration. We've seen it happen before with members who didn't want to train and play by the rules of Wikipedia. Their efforts are wasted and they've done a disservice to contributing to a reliable online encyclopedia that serves as millions of people's first point of reference.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E. <b>Better than WikiProjects / Motivating eachother</b>. One of the alternatives Rebecca gave is collaboration within a WikiProject, like the WikiProject Skepticism. First of all I'd like to say that what they're doing is fine as far as I'm aware, but it's not my cup of tea (besides that fact that no such WikiProject exists on the Dutch WP, although I could initiate it of course). I've been involved with several WikiProjects, and very often there are individuals listing the topics of their personal interests, saying this or that needs an article, but they don't want to do it themselves or not by themselves. There is little effort to look for common ground with other editors and actually go write stuff. You end up with large indices of red links that almost nobody is interested in and that will scare newbies away with the feeling 'We'll never get this done!' This is different from when you actually can meet people who tell a bit about themselves and why they have a personal interest in a topic without appearing to be biased right off the bat about it or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">revealing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">their identity</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end, it's quite possible that even if we opened up our forum to be viewed by the public, somebody is going to claim we're not showing everything and still have other boards or threads 'that they don't want you to know about' in constructing yet another crazy conspiracy theory. In response to earlier criticism, Susan jokingly replied '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as having too much influence on WP and that we might do something bad in the future. Well I broke my crystal ball, so we will just have to wait and see what the future has in store for us.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">' Really, we are open to discuss specific cases in which we may have done something wrong, especially on the talk pages where specific discussions belong, but will remind our critics of their burden of proof.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm glad that Rebecca has expressed she is '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not advocating for the GSoW to stop what they are doing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">', and hope to have sufficiently '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reflect[ed] on how and why [we] are doing it</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">' here, being as open and honest as I could be. We're always discussing how to improve the way we work to get the best result we can get. So far we have received a lot of support and praise, and in addressing genuine and well-meant criticism, and perhaps changing our procedures as a consequence of good suggestions, I hope we can inform the outside world about what we're doing and why. Yes, we have a private forum, and we're fine with that.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061799050413445026.post-24154067548013886972014-05-06T21:03:00.002-07:002014-05-07T20:40:25.834-07:00Sunglasses Needed: March - April GSoW updates!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">GSoW continues to shine through 2014. We have been so busy with training and updates I almost forgot that there is a world outside GSoW that enjoys reading about all the changes we are making. Look at what we have done to bring quality articles about scientific skepticism to Wikipedia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">First thing I want to show off is our <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_of_Skeptics" target="_blank">Voice Intro project</a> run by Kyle Hamar and Ryan Harding. It has been a struggle working on how to make this as efficient as possible, but we think we have it figured out. All editors are now trying to collect audio from their "targets" to make this project grow. Its slow going but we are making progress. This week we just added our first non-English audio to the list, check out Peter Erdi's Hungarian audio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you know of someone that who has a Wikipedia page and needs audio, please contact us at GSoWteam@gmail.com for instructions. We are also featured on the main page of the <a href="http://www.skepticsociety.ru/?page=join" target="_blank">Russian Skeptic </a>organization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One more thing if you would like to keep up-to-date on all things GSoW, please "like" our Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Guerrilla-Skepticism-on-Wikipedia-GSoW/413616112078347" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I think you will notice a theme with a lot of these pages, lots of focus on anything connected with Cosmos and astronomy. Our thought is that when Cosmos is on TV and in the news, people will be curious about the program and the people surrounding it, it is in our best interest to make sure those readers are getting the best information and we also want to show off our spokes people. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So put on your sunglasses as these updates should dazzle you. <a href="http://listen.hatnote.com/" target="_blank">Turn on HatNote</a> to set the mood and enjoy our March-April updates!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Climate Scientist <b>Andrew Dessler</b>'s page received a rewrite from Bill, complete with audio. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Dessler&oldid=553835910" target="_blank">Before</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Dessler" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">QED speaker <b>Coralie Colmez </b>received a brand new page from editor Richard who noticed that her mother was also due for her own Wikipedia page so he made that happen. <b>Leila Schneps</b> not only received a brand new page, but she was featured on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/March#13_March_2014" target="_blank">front page of Wikipedia</a> as a Did You Know. <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Leila%20Schneps" target="_blank">Check out the view stats</a> for that day, total outreach, total win for our community.</span><br />
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<b>Hemant Mehta </b>was long over due for a page - Fred Green & Tad Callin spent long hours <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemant_Mehta" target="_blank">making that happen</a>. We knew we were also going to try for a Did You Know, but before we could nominate it we wanted to make sure Mehta's <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sold_My_Soul_on_eBay" target="_blank">"I Sold my Soul on Ebay"</a></i></b> page was in order. So everything stalled until Jairo Arce & Christine Daley were able to get that page rewritten. Even the Secular Student Alliance WP page received a <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Secular%20Student%20Alliance" target="_blank">spike in views</a>.</span><br />
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The <b>Mark Crislip/QuackCast</b> page was an embarrassment. It is what I call a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Crislip&oldid=591362615" target="_blank">non-</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Crislip&oldid=591362615" target="_blank">scroller</a>" which means you don't have to scroll to see the whole page. Our community really should be ashamed that we allow pages like this to exist on Wikipedia. Sean Whitcomb got to work and turned out this amazing transformation. We contacted Mark for audio and I think he wins for funniest Intro Audio. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuackCast" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Rachael Dunlop</b><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> now has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Dunlop" target="_blank">brand new page</a> (with audio) written by new editor Sean Whitcomb. Rachael has been sitting on our list since we started collecting people to put on our list. She kept getting passed over, not because we were worried that there wouldn't be enough information, but because creating a page from scratch is a lot of work. I think Sean and team did a terrific job. Rachael was also featured on the front page of English Wikipedia as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/March#8_March_2014" target="_blank">Did You Know</a>... <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Rachael%20Dunlop" target="_blank">Here are the stat views during that day</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Edinburgh Skeptics</b> received a page rewrite from editor Julie. This happened while I was at QED which was most exciting, loved bragging about it when I was traveling in Scotland. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edinburgh_Skeptics&oldid=584241300" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Skeptics" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> Elizabeth Pisani </b>another speaker at QED received a rewrite from editor Jay Young. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Pisani&oldid=590651650" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Pisani" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Dutch category page for<b> <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorie:Cognitieve_bias" target="_blank">Cognitive Bias</a></b> is now available for Dutch readers thanks to <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emile Dingemans.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The MC of QED was <b>Paul Zenon</b> whose page also received a make-over. Paul's page rewrite was something I attempted at the beginning of GSoW back in 2011 but just got to busy to finish. Julie picked it up and finished just in time. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Zenon&oldid=595791458" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zenon" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Angela Saini</b>'s page was one of those pages we kept thinking we were done with, but every time editor Christine Daley asked for feedback someone kept giving her more to add. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angela_Saini&oldid=594786318" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Saini" target="_blank">After</a> And then there is this sweet tweet...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A brand new page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Nicol_Gaylor" target="_blank"><b>Anne Nicol Gaylor</b></a> was created by Sean Whitcomb. Keep an eye out for her page to be a DYK soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brand new page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla" target="_blank"><b>Emily Lakdawalla</b></a> by Nathan Miller - And on April 1st the page was featured on the front page of Wikipedia as a Did You Know. And to keep up with the theme of the day, Nathan came up with a April Fools hook. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/April#1_April_2014" target="_blank">See if you can spot it</a>. Here are <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Emily%20Lakdawalla" target="_blank">the view</a> stats from the extra exposure she received that day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jennifer Michael Hecht</b> received a rewrite by Jim Preston and this is Jim's first rewrite. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Michael_Hecht&oldid=586867139" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Michael_Hecht" target="_blank">After</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>R. Joseph Hoffmann</b> cleanup by </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Elsken. This is Kevin's first major improvement. </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._Joseph_Hoffmann&oldid=585042342" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Joseph_Hoffmann" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not exactly one of our skeptical spokespeople, but <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly" target="_blank"><b>Nellie Bly</b></a> is someone you are going to enjoy reading about - Translated from English into Dutch by Vera de Kok & Leon <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Péter Érdi page</b> had all kinds of citation problems and was an orphan (which means nothing links to it) before Peter Mogyoros got a hold of it and rewrote it. This was Peter's first launched page. It also has audio and once the page is launched in Hungarian (very soon) it will have our first non-English audio. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P%C3%A9ter_%C3%89rdi&oldid=598008393" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_%C3%89rdi" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coen </span>de Bruijn<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emile Dingemans</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Leon Korteweg</span> t<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">ranslated the </span><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><b>Simon Singh</b> page</a><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> into Dutch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Hyman" target="_blank"><b>Ray Hyman</b></a> has been a focus of ours for almost two years, and has been translated into Portuguese and Dutch. He now has a Wikipedia page in Spanish courtesy of Cristina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brand New page in Dutch created for the series <span style="line-height: 1.3;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey </a>by </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coen </span>de Bruijn<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span> <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Wim </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vandenberghe. And also </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey" target="_blank"><b>Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey</b></a> in Portuguese by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Filipe Russo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Swedish Skeptic Society</b> better known as <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6reningen_Vetenskap_och_Folkbildning" target="_blank">Föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildning </a>now has a Dutch Wikipedia page thanks to </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wim </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vandenberghe </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Leon </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is an unusual one. I lectured at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY summer 2013. You might not realize it, but <a href="http://www.cfilibraries.org./" target="_blank">CFI has an amazing library</a> full of donated personal libraries and just about everything in print that has anything to do with skepticism and the paranormal. While there the librarian Tim Binga showed me Steve Allen collection. Allen was interested in everything and collected information on many subjects. This archive also has the original script for Allen's TV series <b><i>Meeting of Minds</i></b> and I snapped a few photos while browsing through the archive. I uploaded the images and then assigned this page for a rewrite which <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Elsken took care of. </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meeting_of_Minds&oldid=562534457" target="_blank">Before</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_of_Minds" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A brand new page for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_No,_Ross_and_Carrie!" target="_blank"><b>Oh, No Ross & Carrie Podcast</b></a> by <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sean Whitcomb. I had several editors that were hoping they would get to be the one that wrote this page. Sean was quickest on the draw.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny4NASA" target="_blank"><b>Penny4NASA</b></a> received a brand new page written by Nathan Miller. This page sat for over a year incubating until it received enough notoriety for release. Our plan was to add the mention of Penny4NASA to Neil deGrasse Tyson's WP page which we did months ago. Only with Nathan's release of an actual page have we been able to really see the impact we have had. With the popularity of Cosmos, Tyson's WP view stats have gone from 100,000 a month to <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Neil%20deGrasse%20Tyson" target="_blank">300,000+ a month</a>. In April 2014 his page was the 313 most viewed page in Wikipedia. That is a unheard of number, a total win for science and scientific skepticism. Possibly Penny4NASA has been fighting for media attention and some people may find them on Wikipedia totally independent from its mention on the Tyson page. Nevertheless Penny4NASA's <a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Penny4NASA" target="_blank">WP views</a> are doing well, 1,445 in April 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">And one more... this one has a bit of a story behind it, so bear with me. As you all know I was scheduled to appear at QED in Manchester, England. I asked my GSoW team to please help with the pages of all the speakers that would be at the conference. One of my new team members (who actually had been a WP editor for years but new to GSoW) Chris Allen was assigned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Phelps" target="_blank"><b>Nathan Phelps</b></a> page rewrite. On our forum we discussed for over a month some of the changes Chris was making to the page, we went back and forth about all kinds of things. The page was nearly ready for release, but we had weeks left until QED, no real hurry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">One night I was scrolling through my Facebook feed I saw a post from Nathan Phelps saying that his father, Fred Phelps had just been taken to hospice. This is the kind of event that GSoW works so hard to be prepared for, one of our spokespeople making the news. Ok, Fred Phelps isn't one of our spokespeople.... but Nathan is. So I contacted one of my team leaders who would be the first one awake to get that page published. Ryan was in England (I'm in CA) and quickly proofread the page and managed to contact Chris and told him to publish it. The team worked wonderfully, and Chris was a trooper. He went to the Westboro Baptist and Fred Phelps pages and made sure that Nathan was mentioned on them. </span></span><b style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nathan Phelps</b><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Chris Allen </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Phelps&oldid=595777061" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Phelps" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because the English page is in great shape, that means it is ready to be translated. The Dutch team was quickest to respond and now <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Phelps" target="_blank">Dutch Wikipedia readers</a> can now read all about Nathan Phelps because of Leon <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Korteweg</span> & Coen de Bruijn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Portuguese - Nix Dorf explains GSoW to the <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.ufrgs.br/frontdaciencia/" target="_blank">Fronteiras da Ciencia podcast</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susan after QED an interview by Eran Segev on <a href="http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-289-4may2014" target="_blank">Skeptic Zone</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">QED attendee <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">András Pintér's</span> write-up on the <a href="http://szkeptikus.blog.hu/2014/04/30/beszamolo_252" target="_blank">conference in Hungarian</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Susan being interviewed on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RUWXDdwU64" target="_blank">Virtual Skeptics</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://rbutr.com/http://www.skeptical-science.com/people/skeptics/guerrilla-skepticism/" target="_blank">Dave Gamble's blog</a> responding to Rupert Sheldrakes accusations. (yes, this is still happening!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/nothere-wikipedia-craig-weiler-rome-viharo-tumbleman-rupert-sheldrake/" target="_blank">Detailed blog by Tim Farley</a> about the actual numbers concerning who is editing Wikipedia.</span><br />
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This past week, our own Susan Gerbic appeared at <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2014/qedcon/" target="_blank">QEDcon</a> in Manchester, England! Susan has spearheaded multiple projects, not the least is our Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Users%27_group" target="_blank">user group</a>, and she <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2014/qedcon/scytgy/" target="_blank">shared ideas</a> for getting involved "beyond the choir."<br />
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For the most part, this update has a bit of a theme to it. Several members of our user community got really excited about the then-upcoming relaunch of Cosmos, and wanted to learn more about its host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and some of the space-related enthusiasm he's generated. Additionally, we are also excited about the opportunities for citizen science participation in space and astronomy, as well as some of the folks who endeavor to perform educational outreach regarding that engagement.<br />
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Tyson's manned-spaceflight advocacy, including public speaking and testimony before the United States Senate, has inspired a nonprofit organization (Space Advocates) to launch a campaign, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny4NASA" target="_blank">Penny4NASA</a>, to advance a human-spaceflight agenda and the increasing of NASA's budget. In so doing, they've generated quite a bit of enthusiasm and a fair bit of coverage within the space enthusiast community.<br />
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Citizen science projects connect researchers with a wide user base and enable engaging educational and collaborative opportunities that are hard to imagine otherwise. As mentioned in a <a href="http://guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.com/2014/03/jan-feb-2014-weve-been-busy.html" target="_blank">previous update</a>, we performed a substantial expansion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_L._Gay">Pamela Gay</a>'s biographical article, including newly sourced coverage of CosmoQuest, a citizen science community "<a href="http://cosmoquest.org/x/about/">bent on together advancing our understanding of the universe.</a>"<br />
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Editors Tad Callin and Kyle Hamar helped draft and support multimedia efforts on a brand new biographical article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla">Emily Lakdawalla</a> of The Planetary Society. Lakdawalla's research, educational outreach and coverage of all-things-planetary are worth checking out! On April 1 (April Fool's Day), the article was featured on Wikipedia's "Did You Know..." front page section, with a whimsical hook: "<i>...that <b>Emily Lakdawalla</b> of The Planetary Society has identified places where Martian drones can land on Earth?</i>" (a playful April Fool's nod to her work evaluating Earth-based locations for testing Mars-bound UAV designs). This brought quite a few new viewers to the article (<a href="http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Emily_Lakdawalla" target="_blank">stats</a>).<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think you will find that GSoW has had a couple really busy months. We have completed more tasks in the last two months than we did in the 6 busiest months of 2013. I am glowing with pride as I write this blog. This is truly getting stuff done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things are just starting to come together with our forum. I've taken over the training process and it is insane but I love it. I assign tasks that are as simple as correcting spelling, rewording a paragraph, repairing a citation. To difficult tasks like completely re-writing a page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mostly new people are assigned what I call "backwards edits" mainly from podcast interviews. I've made spreadsheets with every episode of specific podcasts, and then assign the new editor the task of listening and relistening to the interview and seeing if they can use the podcast to support or improve the Wikipedia page. Most times I have not listened to the episode, and many times the new editor has not heard of the "target" before. In other words this is the opposite of how most WP editors edit. We are not starting with a "target" in mind and looking for sources to improve it, but having the citation and looking where to put it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This forces us to expand to people and organizations we have never heard of. And it exposes our editors to podcasts and people they were unfamiliar with. Once the podcast has been used as a citation, then that spreads the Skeptic Love to Wikipedia readers who might never have discovered that podcast. We are working through entire podcasts and in time will be able to ask what percent of their website hits are coming from Wikipedia. It might take a while, but we are here for the long haul. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below you will see many page improvements. There are a few brand new page creations, but most are re-writes. Many came from brand new editors who have joined since January. They started with the assignment to add one backwards edit to a page, and then they were supposed to leave it alone and then start a new assignment. But instead they got interested in the "target" and kept working on the page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just what we <i>finished</i> in January and February. As I write this blog, there are many many more that are in the works, some are mostly done but we are waiting on audio, photos or just one more thing before launching the page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our goal is to get as many as possible on the front page of Wikipedia as Did You Knows. This is an outreach to the general Wikipedia reader who might never have heard of scientific skepticism. We are also approaching our "targets" once we are almost done with the page and asking for an audio recording. You will see a few on the pages below, and I think you will agree with me that it really brings the page alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to quickly mention that I've tried to give a shout-out to the person(s) responsible for working on the page. Usually there is one strong lead person. But GSoW is a team, many people contribute to this effort. People find photos and citations, proofread and all kinds of other support functions. And the audio team is working to clean up the audio, get the correct licensing, uploading and turning it into the correct format and adding it to the page. In some cases you will find we have added closed-captioning to the audio. I also have photo people who do their photoshop magic on images before we add them to the Wikipedia page. There is a lot going on behind the curtain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If any of this interests you, please consider joining our team. We need people with all kinds of skills. We do train and mentor. Training does take a bit of a commitment, so approach us when you have some time to learn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And see below to catch up on what we have been doing in the media. Also where you can meet us in person. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Phil Plait</b> - This page has been evolving since I started GSoW, it keeps getting improvements. With the 14 citations that Nathan Miller has added I think we are done for awhile. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phil_Plait&oldid=590102850" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Plait" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Alan Melikdjanian</b> - Like Plait above, Melikdjanian's page was previously mentioned in a past blog as receiving a makeover. This is Captain Disillusion, but all you cool cats already knew that. Editor Kyle Hamar has managed to expand it even further. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan_Melikdjanian&oldid=590520552" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Melikdjanian" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Arthur T. Benjamin</b> - Was on our to-do list because of an interview he had done with the Meet the Skeptic's podcast - <span style="text-align: center;">Sean Whitcomb was given this as a backwards edit and kept going. He has done a terrific job with this re-write. - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_T._Benjamin&oldid=584605585" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_T._Benjamin" target="_blank">After </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pamela Gay</b> - Received a brand new page courtesy of senior editor Nathan Miller. Nathan has been focusing on astronomy because of the release of Cosmos in March, we feel that once that is released the world will become more interested in science and the people associated with it. We need to have something for all those readers to find when they are searching. In order to encourage outreach Nathan managed to get Gay's page featured on the front page of WP for 8 hours as a Did You Know? feature. This gave Gay's page an additional 1,000 readers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Edwina Rogers</b>'s page received a make-over from editor Tad Callin (who came to GSoW after reading a tweet from Phil Plait) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edwina_Rogers&oldid=582552744" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwina_Rogers" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Todd Robbins</b> also received a mini-makeover by Christine Daley who heard of us from the Skepticality Podcast. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Todd_Robbins&oldid=547608332" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Robbins" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Sturgess" target="_blank"><b>Kylie Sturgess</b></a> - one of the first to participate in our new Voice Intro Project. She has a few updates and check out the new feature. Really awesome isn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>I Sold my Soul on Ebay</b> - book by <b>Hemant Mehta</b> just got a makeover as well. We are about to launch Mehta's personal page and felt that the book's page had to be in great shape as well. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Notice that the before only has 3 citations, hardly understand why this page existed on Wikipedia at all. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Sold_My_Soul_on_eBay&oldid=558062117" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sold_My_Soul_on_eBay" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter Mogyoros</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> completed a quick makeover on Hungarian scientist </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Szilveszter E. Vizi</b>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Szilveszter_E._Vizi&oldid=545993802" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szilveszter_E._Vizi" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Adam Rutherford</b> - Richard did an amazing job with this rewrite I think you will find. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam_Rutherford&oldid=597304058" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rutherford" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Susan Haack</b>'s page was expanded from 9 citations to 12 by new editor Michael Bigelow who has just about finished GSoW training. There was a time that I was worried that Michael had disappeared from GSoW, I wrote to him and he said he has been busy reading her book. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susan_Haack&oldid=578480645" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Haack" target="_blank">After</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Seth Shostak</b> received some additional citations and improvements from Christine Daley, since these updates I have found several more citations, so expect to see Shostak's name back on this list. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seth_Shostak&oldid=584508095" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Shostak" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Jerry Coyne</b> also received a nice page remake from newish editor Kyle Hamar. Coyne came to my attention when he wrote about GSoW over the Sheldrake drama. Still I didn't look at his WP page until a month ago when I was going through old episodes of the Point of Inquiry podcast looking for backwards edits I use for training people. I looked at his page and asked Kyle, can you find anything else for this page, I think it looks a bit lean. Oh my gosh, Kyle could have written two WP pages for him. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Coyne&oldid=538702643" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Before</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Coyne" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">After</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Paul Offit</b> was another rewrite from Kyle Hamar. Just like with Coyne, the Offit rewrite came because I assigned a backwards edit to Kyle, the page started with 17 citations, and Kyle has expanded it to 22. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Offit&oldid=586555954" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Offit" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Edward" target="_blank"><b>Mark Edward</b></a> received some small updates as well as audio. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Underdown" target="_blank"><b>James Underdown</b></a> had audio added as well. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Maryam Namazie</b> got a lot of attention from the Dutch powerhouse Leon Korteweg. He and Ryan Harding re-wrote the English page (from 6 citations to 22) and then Leon and editor Rik Delaet translated that to create the Dutch page. English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryam_Namazie&oldid=579795857" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Namazie" target="_blank">After</a> - <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Namazie" target="_blank">Dutch</a> And this is a perfect example of how the World Wikipedia team works. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Elizabeth Pisani</b>'s page was saved from deletion by another new editor Jay Young. This page had 2 flags on it, notability and lack of citations. I'm looking back at Jay's training thread on our forum and see that this was almost his first project with GSoW, he learned quickly. At the time of this writing I see that we could not find a image, we tried many sources and Jay even contacted the TED people, but we didn't find one. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Pisani&oldid=590651650" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Pisani" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery_Emery" target="_blank"><b>Emery Emery</b></a> also received a brand new page. This was another of Jay Young's creations, and now that I'm writing this blog I see we really handed him a lot of work. When you look at these pages it might not look like a lot of work, but really it is. When we approached Emery and asked for audio, I realized that I really didn't know what the time limits were. We were given a few examples that were all cookie cutter type examples. Emery broke those rules as you will see when you review his page. Quite refreshing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Annie Laurie Gaylor</b> - This was rewritten months ago by Chris Peterson but it slipped by getting mentioned in the blog. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie_Laurie_Gaylor&oldid=538304722" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Laurie_Gaylor" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><b>Archie Cochrane</b> - You might remember was mentioned last year as it was translated into Dutch. But now editor Peter Trussell (who is still in training) rewrote the page in English. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archie_Cochrane&oldid=592015189" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Cochrane" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>John Allen Paulos</b> - Rewrite work by </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Coen de Bruijn who is not completely finished with training yet. Coen will be joining the Dutch editing team when he is done. I should mention that this is another backwards edit from the Meet The Skeptic's podcast. Because I'm limited to English, I train in English. As the teams grow bigger, eventually we will be able to accommodate training non-English editors. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Allen_Paulos&oldid=584695591" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allen_Paulos" target="_blank">After</a> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Hyman" target="_blank"><b>Ray Hyman</b></a> - Now has a page in Dutch thanks to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rian van Lierop</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Leon Korteweg</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Bill Nye the Science Guy</b> - Before the Nye vs Ham debate, GSoW took a look at the Bill Nye page which appeared to be in good shape. The Bill Nye the Science Guy page (yes it is a completely different page) had some citation issues. Jay Young took a look at it and gave it a quick makeover. Just in time too. GSoW believes that we need to have WP pages in great shape in order to make sure we have them ready for when the public becomes interested. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy&oldid=590425656" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy" target="_blank">After</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">The following graphs are quite interesting. The first one shows the spike on the Bill Nye page on Feb 5th the day of the debate. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This graph shows the spike for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry page on Feb 5th. The only mention of CSI on the Bill Nye page was a hyperlink under a photo. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Eugenie Scott</b> seems to be always on this update list. We have translated her page into several languages the last year. I thought we were done with her English page. But newish editor Christine Daley went in and added even more. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenie_Scott" target="_blank">Current Page</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Scientific American Magazine</b> - Just received a rewrite in Portuguese, I think calling the page a re-write is being generous, probably should just say Filipe Russo created the page brand new. I'm amazed that these pages were allowed to exist on Wikipedia. Great work Filipe. <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scientific_American&oldid=34485557" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American" target="_blank">After</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athe%C3%AFstisch_manifest" target="_blank">Atheist Manifesto</a> - or maybe I should say <i style="line-height: 1.2em;"><b>Atheïstisch manifest</b></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b>has been newly created in Dutch by our prolific Leon Korteweg and Vera. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sanal Edamaruku</b> was finished just in time to make this blog. Thank you Lei Pinter and Christine Daley for such great improvements. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanal_Edamaruku&oldid=579271316" target="_blank">Before</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku" target="_blank">After</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly I was able to squeak in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_Neil_deGrasse_Tyson_in_Sydney.JPG" target="_blank">a photo</a> on the Neil deGrasse Tyson page that I noticed on Facebook. The photographer was our very own Richard Saunders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where you can find us next... I will be speaking at QED in Manchester, England in April. And of course you can find me hanging out at TAM in July in Las Vegas and SkeptiCal in Berkeley, CA in May. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our German team leader Michael <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; border: 0px; line-height: 9.59999942779541px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1000000px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a class="user-link user-32 group-22" href="http://skeptics.freeforums.net/user/32" itemprop="url" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #5d1069; cursor: pointer; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; max-height: 1000000px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="@steinkellner"><span itemprop="name" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1000000px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Steinkellner</span></a></span><span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; line-height: 9.59999942779541px;"> will be speaking at SkepKon in Germany in May.</span> </span><br />
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