aquart
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Sat Jun-16-07 04:49 PM
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Question about Wikipedia use of my name. My real name. |
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They refer to me as a film scholar and quote me about a movie I never saw. My name is NOT common. I have always been pretty clear that I'm the only one who has it. But I do have cousins I've never met.
I know you can edit Wikipedia. If that's MY name being falsely represented (not maliciously, but giving me credit I never earned and don't deserve), I want it out of there. But if there IS a film scholar with my name...then she should stay in the piece.
I'm seriously confused. Is there a protocol for this?
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Sat Jun-16-07 04:50 PM
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1. contact wiki admins with your questions n/t |
Tesha
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Sat Jun-16-07 05:47 PM
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2. Wikipedia takes very seriously questions about "Biographies of Living Persons" |
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Wikipedia takes very seriously questions about "Biographies of Living Persons"; see the topic WP:BLP on the encyclopedia.
Yes, the Wiki administrators should be happy to assist you, assuming that you can document your actual identity.
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aquart
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Sun Jun-17-07 01:36 AM
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3. Well, it turns out it was a cousin I never met. |
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She's written books, done an op ed in the NYT...but her first name is NOT the same as mine and I don't know anyone who knows the both of us and would accidentally put mine instead of hers. I edited the change. I even saw her picture. She looks like a cross between my sister and another cousin.
Then I had to go out and buy chocolate because she's done so much better with her life than I have.
Oh, and I emailed her to tell her I'd done it.
Did I do that right or have I violated some protocol?
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Sun Jun-17-07 01:42 AM
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4. Maybe she will be happy to learn of a relative she didn't know. |
aquart
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Sun Jun-17-07 09:57 AM
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6. She knows. I've been getting her phone calls for decades. |
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Since we're both A. Quart. That's originally how I found out about her. My mother explained the relationship but I don't remember it except that someone on her mother's side performed the weddings for both my uncle and my mom. Loooonnng time ago.
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Sun Jun-17-07 04:56 AM
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5. If you're really concerned about who did the Wikipedia entry |
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you can track down when the change was made using their change history system - you can look at a version a year ago, if it wasn't there then look at a version 6 months ago, and so on. You can also compare 2 versions side by side.
That then gets you down to either a Wikipedia username, or an IP address. If it's the latter, you won't be able to track it further - but you could look if they made other changes to the article at the same time, and that might reassure you it was a harmless mistake, perhaps. If it's a username, you can look at what else they write in Wikipedia, which again might tell you if they meant something by using your name rather than your cousin's.
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