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.
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.
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.
Enjoy!
Susan Gerbic
A treat for all our readers... Listen to Wikipedia being edited
The Vaccination Chronicles
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.
Progress so far:
Danish subtitles - Claus Larsen (non-GSoW)
Dutch subtitles - Rik and Leon Korteweg (GSoW)
German subtitles - Steff (GSoW)
Italian subtitles - Raffaella Vitali (GSoW)
Portuguese subtitles - Nix Dorf (GSoW)
Russian subtitles - Svetlana Bavykina (GSoW)
Turkish subtitles - Isil Arican (non-GSoW)
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)
Leon talks about the project here and here
The Four Horsemen (atheïsme) - an edit war and intense discussion about possible deletion resulted in improvement by Leon, Emile and others; the page was kept in a much better condition. Before & After
Victor Stenger - Wim Vandenberghe
English
Alton Lemon - Brand new page
Astronomical Society of Victoria - Greg Neilson
Bart Bok - Greg Neilson - Before & After
Bill Bradfield - Greg Neilson - Before & After
Brian Brushwood - Todd Dietrich - Before & After
Center for Inquiry - Chris Allen - Before & After
Chris Mooney - Kevin Elsken & Dustin Phillips - Before & After
Comité Para - Leon Korteweg
David Koepsell - Dave Trumbore & Christine Daley - Before and After
Daniele Bolelli - Greg Neilson - Before & After
Dickson Despommier - Kyle Hamar Before & After
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions - Before & After
Friends Of Science In Medicine - Christine Daley - Before & After
Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP) - Michael Steinkellner, Leon Korteweg
Heather Dewey-Hagborg - Janyce Boynton - Before & After
Ian Patrick Harris - Erik Hess - Brand new page
L. Sprague de Camp - Before & After - Janyce Boynton
Matt Dillahunty - Jay Young - Before & After
Vincent Racaniello - Before & After - Kyle Hamar
Template:Skeptical magazines - Leon Korteweg
Template:Skeptical podcasts - Leon Korteweg
Victor J. Stenger - Todd Dietrich - Before & After
Wonder en is gheen Wonder - Leon Korteweg
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.
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.
Enjoy!
Susan Gerbic
A treat for all our readers... Listen to Wikipedia being edited
The Vaccination Chronicles
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.
Progress so far:
Danish subtitles - Claus Larsen (non-GSoW)
Dutch subtitles - Rik and Leon Korteweg (GSoW)
German subtitles - Steff (GSoW)
Italian subtitles - Raffaella Vitali (GSoW)
Portuguese subtitles - Nix Dorf (GSoW)
Russian subtitles - Svetlana Bavykina (GSoW)
Turkish subtitles - Isil Arican (non-GSoW)
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)
Leon talks about the project here and here
Dutch
The Four Horsemen (atheïsme) - an edit war and intense discussion about possible deletion resulted in improvement by Leon, Emile and others; the page was kept in a much better condition. Before & After
Victor Stenger - Wim Vandenberghe
Alton Lemon - Brand new page
Astronomical Society of Victoria - Greg Neilson
Bart Bok - Greg Neilson - Before & After
Bill Bradfield - Greg Neilson - Before & After
Brian Brushwood - Todd Dietrich - Before & After
Center for Inquiry - Chris Allen - Before & After
Chris Mooney - Kevin Elsken & Dustin Phillips - Before & After
Comité Para - Leon Korteweg
David Koepsell - Dave Trumbore & Christine Daley - Before and After
Daniele Bolelli - Greg Neilson - Before & After
Dickson Despommier - Kyle Hamar Before & After
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions - Before & After
Friends Of Science In Medicine - Christine Daley - Before & After
Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP) - Michael Steinkellner, Leon Korteweg
Ian Patrick Harris - Erik Hess - Brand new page
List of skeptical organizations split off from it and expanded. - Leon Korteweg
List of skeptical conferences - Leon Korteweg
List of skeptical magazines - Leon Korteweg
List of skeptical podcasts - Leon (additions by András, Svetlana, Todd, Raffaella and Michelle)
Lists about skepticism ("One List To Rule Them All") - Leon Korteweg
Massimo Polidoro - Raffaella Vitali - Before & After List of skeptical conferences - Leon Korteweg
List of skeptical magazines - Leon Korteweg
List of skeptical podcasts - Leon (additions by András, Svetlana, Todd, Raffaella and Michelle)
Lists about skepticism ("One List To Rule Them All") - Leon Korteweg
Matt Dillahunty - Jay Young - Before & After
Vincent Racaniello - Before & After - Kyle Hamar
Template:Skeptical magazines - Leon Korteweg
Template:Skeptical podcasts - Leon Korteweg
Victor J. Stenger - Todd Dietrich - Before & After
Wonder en is gheen Wonder - Leon Korteweg
Hungarian
Christopher Hitchens - Peter Mogyoros, Attila Harta - Before & After (including June)
Hungarian Skeptic Society - Attila Harta, András Pintér - Before & After (including May and June)
Italian
Massimo Polidoro in Italian - Raffaella Vitali
Portuguese
Steven Novella - Nix Dorf
Richard Wiseman - Valério Andrade Melo
Russian
Richard Wiseman - Svetlana Bavykina & Jelena Levin
Christopher Hitchens - Peter Mogyoros, Attila Harta - Before & After (including June)
Hungarian Skeptic Society - Attila Harta, András Pintér - Before & After (including May and June)
Italian
Massimo Polidoro in Italian - Raffaella Vitali
Portuguese
Steven Novella - Nix Dorf
Richard Wiseman - Valério Andrade Melo
Russian
Richard Wiseman - Svetlana Bavykina & Jelena Levin
Spanish
Leo Igwe - Erik Hess
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Just in case you have missed it, GSoW has had some great new interviews, be sure to check them out.
Skeptically Yours recorded at TAM 2014 - Emery Emery & Heather Henderson Interviewed Susan, Nix and Lei
Data Skeptic - lots of numbers in this interview - skeptics like stats don't they?
Leo Igwe - Erik Hess
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Just in case you have missed it, GSoW has had some great new interviews, be sure to check them out.
Skeptically Yours recorded at TAM 2014 - Emery Emery & Heather Henderson Interviewed Susan, Nix and Lei
Data Skeptic - lots of numbers in this interview - skeptics like stats don't they?
A Public Thank you from a Fan
Skepticule talks about the GSoW secret forum (at about 8:00)
Here is a dowser's site that is frustrated with Wikipedia editors you might enjoy
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As usual if you want to join GSoW or have questions please contact us at GSoWteam@gmail.com
Skepticule talks about the GSoW secret forum (at about 8:00)
Here is a dowser's site that is frustrated with Wikipedia editors you might enjoy
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As usual if you want to join GSoW or have questions please contact us at GSoWteam@gmail.com