Talk:On Being

antithesis of Krista Tippett?

Consider the detailed article on Sam Harris? Bo99 (talk) 22:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Krista Tippett Portrait.jpg

The image Image:Krista Tippett Portrait.jpg is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
• That this article is linked to from the image description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --05:21, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Article title? Show title?

It's not clear from the article whether the show is called Being or On Being. The show's website is being.publicradio.org, but that site continually refers to the show as On Being. Can we rename the article? --Jay (Histrion) (talk • contribs) 02:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

I think the page should be renamed to On Being, which is the title used on the APM website. --George100 (talk) 14:11, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at Tippett

Please see Talk:Krista Tippett for discussion of WP:NOT and more. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:12, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Besides the WP:COI and WP:NOT additions, these articles are a general mess. Please

1. attribute quotations, opinions, and statements to the holder of those opinions or quotations,
2. add citations when adding text,
3. review WP:COPYVIO and WP:PARAPHRASE, and
4. have a look at MOS:QUOTEMARKS on the use of curly quotes and punctuation within quotes.

I see that Bibliophile227, Minneapolis IP 50.241.48.62 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and Ghz89med (who has self-identified on Wikipedia as a producer of the show) have all edited User:Bibliophile227/sandbox, which suffers the same issues and should not be inserted into the article unless corrected,[1] so a review of WP:MEAT might also be helpful. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:15, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Request quote

This is a 2007 source, so I have added an "As of" date (please use as of whenever adding information that is time-sensitive). Also, this text looks like it could be a copyvio, so please provide a quote from the source for verification. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:27, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• As of 2007, Tippett had interviewed over 300 guests on the show, from poets to physicists, doctors to historians, politicians to technologists, artists to activists. Her guests include the 14th Dalai Lama, Maya Angelou, Desmond Tutu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rosanne Cash, Wangari Maathai, Yo-Yo Ma, Paulo Coehlo, Brian Greene, John Polkinghorne, Jean Vanier, Joanna Macy, Sylvia Earle, and Elie Wiesel.

Hey Sandy. The list of the types of interviews "artists, theologians", etc. is from the Janssen article. The 300 quote is from a count of the interviews at onbeing.org. This numeric value is constantly changing, and is not reported anywhere, but is true. Here's the quoted portion of the Janssen article, just in case you need it:

"In each episode, Tippett interviews one or several guests who hail from myriad disciplines—including poetry, physics, medicine, history and activism, as well as many religious traditions."

I'm going to recommend then, that the "As of 2007" edit be removed. I will do in-sentence citations to avoid confusion in the future. Mariahism (talk) 15:49, 4 February 2015 (UTC)Mariahism

I will remove the 300 and as of, then, as that is original research. It sounds like there is no copyvio issue, then. [2] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:56, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Cool, I'll do my best to get that in a secondary source, but deletion sounds like the way to go. Mariahism (talk) 16:02, 4 February 2015 (UTC)Mariahism

Request quote 2

I've been finding plagiarism (text taken directly from the sources, without quotation marks and without paraphrasing) throughout. Please provide a quote from the source to verify this text. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:57, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

• Krista Tippett first pitched a series of pilots on religion, meaning, and ethics to Bill Buzenberg, then Vice President for News at Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, in the late 1990s.
  • Unable to verify. http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/category/6/65/40/ --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:01, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
  • She has been covered in the BAM, though -- see http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/3792/40/. It doesn't verify the information above. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:04, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
    • That's troubling. Perhaps we should remove the latest edit, then, and the Mook plagiarism also still needs to be sorted.

      Mariahism, perhaps you could refrain from editing the article at all until you have understood WP:V, WP:OR, WP:COPYVIO and WP:PARAPHRASE. Your editing is creating a lot of work for others, and it is beginning to look like you might not be able to objectively and knowledgeably edit this article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:07, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Politely, I will keep editing, and you can edit me if you like. As I understand it, citations from books and articles published in print but not web is allowed here, see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. If you would like print copies of articles that are not available via that particular publisher's archive, as a courtesy to you, I can email you PDFs. But I believe if you really wanted to verify, you could request reprints from these publishers. For reference here is the text from the Block article providing a citation for the 1998 date:

"The idea for a radio program which she took to MPR in April 1998, occurred to her while she was completing an oral-history project for a Christian cultural research center."

It's clear now, that the Bill Buzenberg citation came from elsewhere. I will amend this to make it an in-sentence citation and pull in a reference for Buzenberg.

ETA: Buzenberg citation found in New York Times article. Mariahism (talk) 21:48, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Also, regarding the allegations of plagiarism in the Mook article, I went line by line, and the only instances of shared language were when it was a statement or list of fact. I'd appreciate a second opinion or a detailed explanation of the problematic areas. I don't find your case for plagiarism very persuasive.Mariahism (talk) 22:14, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

The instances of using text directly lifted from the sources is evident throughout; review my edits and edit summaries. So is the use of sources that don't verify the text added. Those two issues, along with the COI, puffery, and other issues, make it reasonable that editors will request quotes from you for verification of offline sources. No, sources do not have to be available online, but if editors request a quote, you should be prepared to provide it. Not only is that standard, but here, in several instances, there have been problems. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:01, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

References

Moved

This section has not a single citation, lots of puffery, and no attribution of opinions. I've moved it to talk for cleanup. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:11, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Publisher

Digital Convener

On Being is a leading content curator in the digital media sphere. On Being creates compelling content across mediums, curates experiences and ideas, maps landscapes by connecting ideas, content, and communities, and convenes people and spaces, bringing together communities and projects and ecosystems. The On Being blog began in 2007. Curated by executive editor Trent Gilliss and On Being producers, On Being publishes essays, articles, photography, and poetry from weekly columnists, guest contributors, and program guests, in addition to original curated content and reporting.

The On Being website is known as a source for thoughtful, in-depth content.

On Being released its first app for iPhone and Android in 2014 and released their iPad app, with expanded access and engagement with digital content, in January, 2015.

On Being episodes and online content are used in a variety of contexts, from educational institutions, to book groups, meditation retreats, and prison reform cohorts. Listeners report that On Being equips them to relate to others with different beliefs than their own, and emboldens them to engage in new kinds of service. Hannes Couvreur said of the program "What you do is help people reveal, celebrate and share the wisdom hidden in plain sight called ordinary life."

Contributors

In 2014, On Being began publishing weekly columnists, exploring themes of the sacred in everyday life. Regular contributors include Omid Safi, Courtney Martin, and Parker Palmer.

Krista Tippett Public Productions now called The On Being Project

This page still says On Being is produced by Krista Tippett Public Productions, but in 2018 this organization's name was changed to The On Being Project: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/46-2775553 https://onbeing.org/programs/introducing-the-on-being-project/

The On Being Project also now produces several other podcasts not mentioned in the "Other Podcasts from Krista Tippett Public Productions" section on this page: Poetry Unbound, This Movie Changed Me, etc.: https://onbeing.org/series/

I'm going to try to update the information about this. (As a side note, I wonder if The On Being Project should have its own page since they're now producing five different podcasts, only one of which is On Being...? I'm not sure, though, so I'm not going to try to do that right now.)

Viridian teapot (talk) 22:11, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

"On Being" Magazine

From 1974 through 1997 there was an Australian magazine called "On Being". Should this article make some mention of this? If only to clarify that this is what the Wikipedia is not about. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1694838. HistoryEditor3 (talk) 10:42, 6 May 2024 (UTC)