Re: Greg == SIGGRAPH 2008 Technical Papers Chair

From: Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:08:04 -0700

Speaking of which, I just threw up an article about Coonsie; does someone
want to correct my formatting, or tell me how to do it? I really need a
cheat sheet for Wiki-stuff.
--J

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> My way of doing it is to do it wrong, and wait for a competent Wikipedia
> editor to come along and fix it.
> --J
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Christophe <xof_at_chanticleer.com> wrote:
>
>> I fixed the link to David Linden: Remember, when you are tempted to
>> use HTML in a MediaWiki, stop, because there is almost certainly a
>> different way of doing it. :)
>>
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Joy McCann wrote:
>>
>> > The debate was over before I injected the lines about Samohi into
>> > the entry.
>> > And, yes: I do like adding local color to these things. Another
>> > editor is
>> > perfectly likely to take that stuff out, but they won't delete the
>> > entry
>> > because of it.
>> > --J
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:03 PM, David Coons <yahoo_at_artscans.com<yahoo%40artscans.com>>
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > That was certainly an interesting Wikipedia eligibility debate.
>> > He'll
>> > > undoubtedly win. I'm proud to have both worked with Greg during his
>> > > early research and gone with him to his first SIGGRAPH
>> > conference. And
>> > > now he's Technical Papers Chair for SIGGRAPH 2008.
>> > >
>> > > It's even more impressive to see him listed with the most prominent
>> > > computer graphics icons who defined this industry:
>> > >
>> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>> > Category:Computer_graphics_professionals
>> > >
>> > > I do feel a slight concern the slightly higher than appropriate
>> > level
>> > > of detail devoted to his high school achievements might aversely
>> > > impact the aforementioned eligibility debate:
>> > >
>> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Turk
>> > >
>> > > dc
>> > >
>> > > Alex Melnick wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > >>This associate prof is best "known" for being the junior
>> > developer of
>> > > > the Stanford Bunny and would no doubt be embarassed to learn
>> > that he
>> > > > has a Wikipedia page.<<
>> > > >
>> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/
>> > Greg_Turk
>> > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/
>> > Greg_Turk>
>> > > >
>> > > > Well? Is he?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Joy Whittemore McCann
>> > Goddess of Ink and Paper
>> > (But pixels obey me, too.)
>> > Copy Write Editorial Services
>> > 818/429-9806
>> >
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> --
> Joy Whittemore McCann
> Goddess of Ink and Paper
> (But pixels obey me, too.)
> Copy Write Editorial Services
> 818/429-9806
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Joy Whittemore McCann
Goddess of Ink and Paper
(But pixels obey me, too.)
Copy Write Editorial Services
818/429-9806
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