Bernard Hibbitts

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suggestion about editing transparency

Latest comment: 18 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion

Dear Professor Hibbitts,

I assume that you are the Bernard Hibbitts who organized JURIST. Thank you for choosing a username that contributes to editor transparency. I noticed you adding a link to a Jurist op-ed at Bibliography of the Lord's Resistance Army. It's a good addition, expanding the viewpoints available on that page, but I thought that I would drop you a line that you may want to self-identify and state your rationale for adding links that you have a personal interest in on your user page, in case your editing pattern raises questions. As I said, the link I noticed was a constructive addition, and it would be unfortunate if someone invoked Wikipedia:Spam and reverted your edits, because they didn't understand that you were being selective in your additions.

Also, please wikify dates - January 1, 2006 instead of January 1, 2006. The reason for this is that as long as the dates are wikified users can change how they appear through Preferences (in the upper right of the browser window). This keeps the Commonwealth English users, who prefer Day Month Year, and American English users, who prefer Month Day Year, from constant edit warring over date syntax.

Best regards, BT 19:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi BT,

That's me - thanks for your note. I'll set up a user page indicating who I am and providing rationales for future interested entries. As you've noticed, I'm quite selective in what kind of JURIST material gets into Wikipedia, and I'd be happy to provide rationales as I go to avoid Wikipedia:Spam. I'll also change my dating format to facilitate preferences.

Any other suggestions you might have for sharing JURIST links and content (op-eds, primary source materials, news, etc.] with Wikipedia users would be greatly appreciated. It's a great way for us to further our legal educational mission in the public domain while supporting your very worthy efforts which, of course, we draw upon in turn.

Best, bjh 17:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi again BT,

Basic user page now set up. Thanks!

Are you involved in Wikinews, or so you have a contact who is? It strikes me that there's a natural complementarity between Wikinews and JURIST's Paper Chase legal news, and I also see that Wikinews is weak in the law department. Maybe this is something we could help with in some way?

Let me know.

Thanks! BJH 19:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi BJH, Sorry for the delay; I had taken you off my watchlist after reading your post above and just wandered back while looking through my contribution history.

I am not involved in Wikinews and a useful editor doesn't spring to mind. I would drop a question into Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous. If you're interested in something involving your students, you might want to take a look at Wikipedia:School and university projects for the "best practice" that Wikipedia has come up with. I know nothing at how Wikinews is set up besides that they are under a Creative Commons License(CC-BY 2.5) rather than the GFDL, but I'm sure they would be glad for the possibility of more editors in underrepresented areas. Cheers, BT 01:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

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