[Tigers] Sunbeam Tiger Wiki

[Smit, Theo]

Hi Jon,
The last time that it was attempted to bring the Tiger Wiki page in line with what is commonly accepted as fact by marque experts, the “editors” who did the earlier work to the page came out, reverted the edits, and let it be known in no uncertain terms that they would not tolerate outsiders besmirching the holy writ of the “reliable sources” they had established through what they considered to be rigorous process.

The basic problem is that Robson is “reliable source” simply because he has published a lot of books. Independent research (such as me looking at my Tiger and finding things that do not agree with their writing) is not permitted in Wikipedia because it’s not “verifiable” by searching other in-print or otherwise published references. Books such as Norm Miller’s, being independently published and having a small total print run, carry little or no weight in Wikipedia-land, regardless of the quality of the underlying research.

If the earlier editors have abandoned wikipedia and it’s now possible to make edits, then that would be fantastic – but it would still have to be very carefully done so that all parts of the Wiki page have an attribution back to a book that, from the Wiki point of view, passes the “reliable source” test.

Since I have taken part in this jousting match several times earlier I’d be interested in seeing if progress can be made.

Theo




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Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 9:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Sunbeam Tiger Wiki

To Rande Bellman,
The Wiki-"powers-that-be" have accorded the Sunbeam Tiger entry its much coveted "Featured" status... so it must be accurate!
Seriously though, seeing how it is not "protected" (even semi), anyone is free to make any and all improvements as they see fit.
Ask me how I know. I.e., as "pragmath", I have made a change or two myself.

                                                                                  Regards,
                                                                                    Jon
P.S. Btw, one thing it's sorely lacking are images of Tigers in stock, unadorned form. There is very little to choose from in in "Wikimedia".
Please, by all means, have at it.


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