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21 Mar 2008, 2:59 pm

Maybe we need an online psychologist to be one of our team?



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21 Mar 2008, 6:46 pm

That SandyGeorgia thinks I'm CurseOfFenric. Anyone able to tell her otherwise? I don't have an account on Wikipedia, and I have made only one edit. And that was on the page to do with the Doctor Who episode The Impossible Planet.

Who the hell is she, anyway?


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26 Mar 2008, 2:56 am

There was a great article on Slate recently about editing history on WikiPedia. Apparently more than 50% of the content is generated (not just edited, but generated) by only 100 or so people. These trolls use any of the myriad completely subjective "revert" clauses to make sure that the content on the site agrees with their viewpoint. Instead of a collective of public knowledge it is little more than a textbook written by the poorly informed. WikiPedia is an unreliable source.

btw, there is a funny article on The Onion AV Club about WikiPedia edit wars.



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26 Mar 2008, 1:01 pm

Having attempted repeatedly to get correct facts about an industry that I do know a lot about onto Wackypedia only to have them deleted and removed constantly, I gave up.

I call it Wackypedia because they are more interested in an internet source than they are interested in facts.

If you can cite a website with factual information, then link to it and if the troll removes it, put it back up, always explaining why you made the edit. It goes much better if you have an account.

If anyone needs webspace on which to park articles... PM me and I will voluntarily provide as much bandwidth as is necessary to put such articles online.



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29 Mar 2008, 9:02 pm

I have learned a lot more from this community thatn I ever have from so-called " experts".


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29 Mar 2008, 11:06 pm

alex wrote:
we have a problem. need major backup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... cles_again


this link only goes to the front page of the dispute resolution page, otherwise i'd be all over it.


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30 Mar 2008, 5:44 am

The thread has been hidden now, Roxas. The argument there has been closed. It got pretty nasty.



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30 Mar 2008, 2:34 pm

A shame the truth is raped and hidden by a bunch of trolls



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30 Mar 2008, 6:28 pm

TLPG wrote:
The thread has been hidden now, Roxas. The argument there has been closed. It got pretty nasty.


... maybe it was good that it is, it probably would've gotten nastier if I had been there...


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31 Mar 2008, 2:35 pm

Roxas_XIII wrote:
TLPG wrote:
The thread has been hidden now, Roxas. The argument there has been closed. It got pretty nasty.


... maybe it was good that it is, it probably would've gotten nastier if I had been there...


lol



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07 Apr 2008, 9:22 am

Check out Autism Speaks on Wikipedia again. An edit made on Friday that raises the original point in "Controversies" as well as the "cure" issue is up. Wikipedia-Autism Speaks:Controversies


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07 Apr 2008, 10:52 am

NicholasGray wrote:
WikiPedia is an unreliable source.


This summarizes the conflict and solves the question: don't trust wikipedia nor it's users intentions.


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07 Apr 2008, 10:53 am

NicholasGray wrote:
There was a great article on Slate recently about editing history on WikiPedia. Apparently more than 50% of the content is generated (not just edited, but generated) by only 100 or so people. These trolls use any of the myriad completely subjective "revert" clauses to make sure that the content on the site agrees with their viewpoint. Instead of a collective of public knowledge it is little more than a textbook written by the poorly informed. WikiPedia is an unreliable source.

btw, there is a funny article on The Onion AV Club about WikiPedia edit wars.


There's actually a whole humor page on Wikipedia about the lamest edit wars on the site. The page is right here


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07 Apr 2008, 12:06 pm

AnnieDog wrote:
Check out Autism Speaks on Wikipedia again. An edit made on Friday that raises the original point in "Controversies" as well as the "cure" issue is up. Wikipedia-Autism Speaks:Controversies


This looks like something that should hold up.


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