Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to Wikipedia@lemmy.world · 10 days agoThe Astronomer and the Amateur meet on Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkThe Astronomer and the Amateur meet on Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgAatube@kbin.melroy.org to Wikipedia@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 days agoHere’s how the conversation should have ended: Amateur: The Moon is made of green cheese. Astronomer: No it’s not, it’s made (after oxygen) of silicon, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, and iron. Amateur: Find me a citation that says it’s not made of green cheese. Astronomer: Here’s a chart I just found in my files and uploaded which gives the composition. Amateur: How do you know that’s what it is? I say it’s a chart of the composition of Pluto. Astronomer: Understandable. Have a nice day. The conversation was painful because the astronomer didn’t know when to stop talking.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoUnfortunately that’s not conducive to getting the verifiable facts in an article. As I mention, this is a retelling of a real conversation the author had: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_the_Internet/Archive_3#Pictures
Here’s how the conversation should have ended:
The conversation was painful because the astronomer didn’t know when to stop talking.
Unfortunately that’s not conducive to getting the verifiable facts in an article.
As I mention, this is a retelling of a real conversation the author had:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_the_Internet/Archive_3#Pictures