Turkey: Some Nationalists Start War Against Wikipedia
Via TurkishPress:
The Turkish Association for Fight Against Unfounded Genocide Allegations (ASIMED) launched an e-mail campaign against Wikipedia urging it to remove the “Semi-Protection” lock over the article on Armenian allegations concerning the incidents of 1915.
Chairman of Asimed, Assistant Professor Savas Egilmez, said the best thing about Wikipedia was its feature allowing users to edit (make corrections, deletions and additions) in articles published on the website.
“When you browse the English version of Wikipedia which publishes its content in various languages, one notices an issue in complete contrast with the Wikipedia principles. In the english website while the article on Armenian allegations concerning the incidents of 1915 contain all the thesis of the Armenian diaspora, the Turkish thesis are excluded,” said Egilmez.
“The web site allows users to make editions in all subjects, but it does not allow edition of the article on Armenian allegations. The site only provides the theses of the Armenian diaspora. This is a great injustice against the Turkish Nation.”
Egilmez said they started an e-mail campaign to stop this injustice and asked Turkish nationals to support it by sending e-mails to the web site’s administrators ([email protected]) .
Wikipedia has a “Protection policy” allowing administrators to protect a page to restrict editing or moving of that page, and remove such protection.
“Editing or moving of a page can be restricted by administrators. As Wikipedia is built around the principle that anyone can edit it, this should only be done in certain situations,” says the policy.
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The Myotis on 30 Mar 2008 at 1:19 pm #
Guess I will have to check that article more often.
I doubt, though, that a few e-mails can change solidified wikipedia policy.
Joseph on 30 Mar 2008 at 4:13 pm #
Must be time to start making corrections to the OE, Ataturk, Turkey pages with the truth. If they want to begin a game, we can win with the truth. Let them utilize their lies.
Zane on 31 Mar 2008 at 3:42 am #
I think this denial effort will fail. Wikipedia has withstood a torrent of indigntion by allowing Mohammed pictures on the Mohammed site. There were letter writing campaigns etc. for this issue too.