Re: [DIYbio] Wikipedia clean up

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never heard anyone on here discussing printable hip
> replacements... it sounds like a bad idea anyway, seeing as how poor
> 3D printer plastics fair in strength. Most joint replacements are made
> of titanium, etc... Who put that in there?

I could find out, but it's probably not worth the trouble. Bad
articles often attract even worse contributions. Good articles exist,
and stay good, because good editors toss out bad contributions before
they can snowball.

I've deleted the entire section.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DIYbio&diff=514734971&oldid=499771665

and noted the problem on the Talk page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:DIYbio#Questionable_.22Examples.22_section

Note that the Talk page has an interesting and possibly very useful
list of references that are much better formatted (and probably more
thoroughly vetted) than the footnotes the article carries at this
point.

Keep the suggestions coming.

Regards,
Michael Turner
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> It also has really old info scattered throughout, and doesn't mention
> anything of the years of FBI interaction we've had
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The wikipedia articles are still awful.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohacking
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIYbio
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopunk
>>
>> At least that last one is somewhat less awful. Anyone want to take cleanup
>> duty?
>>
>> - Bryan
>> http://heybryan.org/
>> 1 512 203 0507
>>
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