Wikipedia scandal

Aug 20, 2007 14:59


My opinion of the Wikipedia just went down a notch. From the BBC Article:

Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits' )

cia, news, bbc, wikipedia, vatican

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dfordoom August 20 2007, 12:48:10 UTC
My opinion of wikipedia couldn't have sunk any lower anyway. It's just such an amazingly bad idea, and people are surprised because it's become a farce.

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Certainly... laura_seabrook August 21 2007, 08:53:57 UTC
...it's capable of a lot of bias in the editing of pages, and especially in selecting pages to be reviewed. I've seen this bias both with pages related to web comics and some trans and queer pages.

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Re: Certainly... dfordoom August 21 2007, 09:07:37 UTC
Wikipedia is simply a joke. The whole idea is so badly flawed, so absurd, that it tetrifies me that some people take it seriously. When I first heard about wikipedia I assumed it was a spoof, that nobody would be silly enough to actually do something like that. The internet is scary.

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Re: Certainly... laura_seabrook August 21 2007, 09:27:20 UTC
I became an editor there because I felt that if I didn't correct stuff, and keep an eye on certain pages, then incorrect or inaccurate stuff would be presented as fact.

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Re: Certainly... dfordoom August 21 2007, 09:43:06 UTC
I think the best thing to do with wikipedia is to hope it folds.

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