Tom Dorsch Wikipedia Controversy
I posted a biography of Tom Dorsch, the same biography I have posted
here.
Within the last two days, my biography of Dorsch has been
substantially deleted three times, on the ground that it constitutes a
personal attack.
Here is what I have written in response:
Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia! Your test worked, and
has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other
tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would
like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you!
Sam Sloan 12:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Regarding the Tom Dorsch biography, you are simply wrong. If
you will go to the Usenet group rec.games.chess.politics and search
for postings by
you will find that he has posted
2680 times to that group. That is two thousand six hundred eighty
times. Tom Dorsch has written and posted extensively on such subjects
as bargirls in Tijuana. There is nothing in my biography of him that
can be considered a personal attack, especially since it is based on
what Dorsch himself wrote. In addition, Dorsch has run for election
and been elected several times to public office in chess. Thus, others
have a right to express their views. Dorsch himself is aware of this
biography can modify it himself if he disagrees. Sam Sloan 12:13, 16
December 2005 (UTC)
I would like the opinions of anybody else on this issue. The Wikipedia
biography of Dorsch is at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dorsch
but to understand what is going on you have to see the history page at
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...action=history
The two people making deletions do not appear to be chess players and
are not a member of this group. One is a woman who seems to have been
involved in several other editing wars.
Sam Sloan