[WEB4LIB] Re: Whale of a Web authenticity instruction story

[Jim Campbell]

For a satirical site that doesn't warn readers and that produces a very wide
range of reactions in people, see
http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com
which was written up in yesterday's NY Times. The correspondence is probably the
best thing.

- Jim Campbell

Digital Access Coordinator
University of Virginia Library
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112
Voice: 434-924-4985  ~  FAX: 434-924-1431
E-Mail: campbell at virginia.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of
jcichewicz at tln.lib.mi.us
Sent: Monday, 18 November, 2002 2:07 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Whale of a Web authenticity instruction story


The "for entertainment purposes only" note is a new one.  I've been
using this site for teaching evaluation of websites every month for about
6 months and this message was just added this month.  Makes it a little
less effective as my evaluation sample but still worth it for the laugh :)

Joy

Joy Cichewicz 			 | Brighton District Library
Electronic Services Librarian    | 100 Library Dr.
http://www.brightonlibrary.info  | Brighton, MI  48116
810-229-6571, x219

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?
-Lily Tomlin

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Dobbs, Aaron wrote:

> Well, at least the web site authors were honest enough to tell everyone
> right up front that it's for entertainment only:
>
> "This website is not intended for readers under 18 years of age, and is for
> entertainment purposes only.
>
> None of the material in this website may be reproduced in any way, shape or
> form in any other written publication or web site without prior written
> permission from Lake Michigan Whale Watching."
>
> Straight off the top of the page.
> -Aaron
> :-)'
>
> "Fantasy is true, of course. It isn't factual but it is true. Children know
> that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid
> of fantasy. They know that its truth challenges, even threatens, all that is
> false, all that is phony, uneccesary, and trivial in the life they have let
> themselves be forced into living. They are afraid of dragons, because they
> are afraid of freedom." Ursula K. LeGuin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Sullivan [mailto:rsullivan at sals.edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Whale of a Web authenticity instruction story
>
>
> > http://www.geocities.com/lakemichiganwhales/  is "temporarily
> unavailable."
> > Is this the correct address to the fake Whale page?
>
> Judging from the error message, they have exceeded their allotted
> bandwidth due to the publicity they have received from this.
>
> Bob Sullivan  <rsullivan at sals.edu>
> Schenectady County Public Library (NY)  <http://www.scpl.org/>
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
>
>