tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239313829122603192.post6934777806795485392..comments2023-12-28T23:52:54.169+00:00Comments on Chelmsford Anglican Mainstream: Software suggests Minns rewrote Akinola’s letterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239313829122603192.post-3811592745634188362007-08-24T23:19:00.000+01:002007-08-24T23:19:00.000+01:00No, I don't have access to the original. In fact I...No, I don't have access to the original. In fact I am only guessing that it is a Word document. I can only find a number of HTML versions, such as <A HREF="http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/weblog/comments/a_most_agonizing_journey_towards_lambeth_2008_abp_peter_akinola/" REL="nofollow">this one</A>, which retain no information about revisions, nor even say that the text was originally Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239313829122603192.post-6117831270694198742007-08-24T14:39:00.000+01:002007-08-24T14:39:00.000+01:00Thanks Peter. I'm not sure where the 'original' is...Thanks Peter. I'm not sure where the 'original' is online - you seem to have access to it.<BR/><BR/>The only thing is, I'm not sure, on reflection, this <I>is</I> particularly embarrassing. The real embarrassment is in people (apparently) not realizing their Word documents are open to such scrutiny - but my guess is most people don't know that.<BR/><BR/>It would hardly be controversial if Bishop Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239313829122603192.post-88612869050694376022007-08-24T13:22:00.000+01:002007-08-24T13:22:00.000+01:00Nevertheless this is embarrassing. People really s...Nevertheless this is embarrassing. People really should learn not to distribute Word documents, which by default include this kind of revision information. I'm not sure that even PDFs are safe from this kind of analysis. It is much safer to distribute electronic documents as HTML, as on blogs, which are easily checked for extraneous information.<BR/><BR/>While I can see why “Anything else is likePeter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239313829122603192.post-68787395136816981382007-08-24T11:21:00.000+01:002007-08-24T11:21:00.000+01:00What is remarkable about this story is that it is ...What is remarkable about this story is that it is about a thoroughly unremarkable practice.<BR/><BR/>Having someone else go over, and even substantially rewrite, original material happens all the time, even when the final release bears the name of one person.<BR/><BR/>I do it all the time for Chelmsford Anglican Mainstream, indeed I've even 'looked over' things for Chris Sugden who is named in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.com