Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anarchism/Archive 1

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Sorry, should have posted this here on nomination. Skomorokh incite 16:35, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI -- [[List of Jewish anarchists]] nominated for deletion 

message: I thank Skomorokh for the invitation to help out with this project.  I can't say how active I will be, or even how useful I will be even if I am active.  One thing I would like to do if I ever make the time is work on the Voluntaryism page.  Allixpeeke (talk) 04:03, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Participation 

message: I've added an Afd section for current priorities on the taskforce page and also nominated ethical anarchism for deletion. Skomorokh incite 15:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethical anarchism nominated for deletion 

message: ... is up for Featured Article, though I can't figure out where that happens. Murderbike (talk) 20:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:FAC, though there's no sign of the dancing revolutionary there. Skomorokh incite 20:26, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: here it is. Murderbike (talk) 21:35, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Emma Goldman]] 

message: So, in looking at this article, I noticed that a)it's not referenced at all with inline cites, and b)it's got this weird footnotes section, which I've never seen in a Wikipedia article. So, I started adding a couple of references, and switched a couple footnotes to refs, but I don't really have enough time in the near future (Christmas, then traveling for a month) to do a thorough job of fixing this up. So I was thinking, that if anyone needs a project to work on, and has a bunch of books laying around that would be citeable, adding inline cites would be great, and figuring out if that footnotes section can just take a hike would be double awesome. Murderbike (talk) 23:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My Castillian isn't fluent enough to make sense of/convert those footnotes or add any constructive references, but I had a trawl through and tried to wikify it somewhat. Skomorokh incite 00:46, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo]] 

message: Anybody ever heard of this? After tons of different searches in google books and google regular, I can't find anything confirming the info in this article except a weird anti-"reds" website. Anybody got info on this group? Murderbike (talk) 07:29, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The Anarchist Federation existed in the U.S. in the 1970s and early 1980s. The anthology I'm working on with Jason McQuinn, North American Anarchist Thought Since 1960, will have some information about the AF (U.S.) and possibly some articles from the organization. I'm also hunting down material from that era, some of which will be put online at the Infoshop Library. We're adding lots of stuff to the library, so it should be a useful resource for Wikipedia citations. Chuck0 (talk) 21:33, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, do the claims that Chomsky and Bookchin were members hold up? Murderbike (talk) 22:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Anarchist Federation (U.S.)]] 

message: Practically every article in :Category:Anarchist publications is a periodical. Would anybody object if I create a sub-category :Category:Anarchist periodicals (similar to :Category:Books about anarchism, :Category:Anarchist fiction, etc.) and move the periodicals to the new sub-cat? — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 18:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I presume you mean that books, fiction, periodicals, etc. would all be subcats of publications? If so, that seems to make sense. Murderbike (talk) 19:07, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Murderbike and I are of the same mind on the matter.  I haven't the time now, but if you haven't done it by the time I return in a few hours, I'll do it myself.--Cast (talk) 20:40, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Me as well. gren グレン 21:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 22:20, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Category:Anarchist publications]] 

message: OK, so having Emma Goldman reach FA status really excites me, and really motivates me to try to get other anarchism-related articles up to higher status. Particularly, I feel like Confederación Nacional del Trabajo and Alexander Berkman have good potential for becoming at least Good Articles. They both have tons of sources to draw from, and good solid foundations to work with (CNT was a featured article on Spanish Wikipedia, though it's translation was a bit sloppy). These two articles are probably what I'll be spending much of the near future working on, though I'd love some help, as I know my writing isn't the greatest. So, if anyone feels like collaborating on a project like this, feel free! Murderbike (talk) 00:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *I've been working quite a bit on Rocker recently and would definitely appreciate any help I can get. If anyone can contribute information from Mina Graur's An Anarchist "Rabbi", that would be great, since it appears to be a pretty good, or at least notable, biography of Rocker, but I don't have access to it.--Carabinieri (talk) 17:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *It's available for limited preview on Google Books, so if you search for certain things, you can generally read a few pages of it at a time. Murderbike (talk) 18:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *I'm not quite sure what you mean. As far as I can tell there is no preview available on Google Books. About ten pages of the book are available on the preview on Amazon, but that's about it as far as I can tell. I'm referring to An Anarchist "rabbi": The Life and Teachings of Rudolf Rocker by Mina Graur.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:04, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *If you search for anarchist rabbi, it's the first thing that comes up. Murderbike (talk) 02:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *On my screen it says "No Preview Available", but I think I know why. If I am interpreting our article on Google Books correctly, how much of a book you get to see depends on where you're accessing google books from. I'm in Germany, which has fairly strict copyright laws, so this might the reason, why it won't give me a preview.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Bummer, I wish I knew a way to subvert that (sigh). Murderbike (talk) 03:04, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have a copy in-hand in a few days. Libertatia (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've actually been able to convince my local library to acquire the book. I'll have it in a few weeks too.--Carabinieri (talk) 03:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

text: *Well, being the self contridicting fool I am, I intend to chaotically rebel against your trends by organizing another list.  Shouldn't require much effort.  I'll probably just use the Humanism list as an outline.--Cast (talk) 09:06, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Group project?