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Wikipedia black helicopters circle Utah's Traverse Mountain
- hello_moto 19y agoWisdom of the Crowds at its finest.
- MuddyMo 19y agoIf recent news reports are accurate, it appears that Wikipedia may be devolving into a Web 2.0 version of "Lord of the Flies"
- nickb 19y agoWell said. Wikipedia has become a giant mess full of hidden agendas and now that we've had a peek behind the curtain, I'm worried about the quality of information that's there. Powerful interests have managed to infiltrate Wikipedia and are changing the reality.
- hello_moto 19y agoThis is a weakness of user-generated-contents. We have seen this on Reddit and Digg and now Wikipedia.
- nickb 19y agoThat's true but at least Digg and Reddit have been working on busting up these "mobs" while Wikipedia has been supporting them.
- gscott 19y agoThis is more like dmoz, once great but too few developed too much power and never let go. Now unless if you know the right people it is impossible to get listed on dmoz.
- tarkin2 19y agoIt's certainly a reassertion of michel's iron law of oligarchy. That said, the article seems a little overzealous, a little like the accused poster's editing. Still, it's good to sully wikipedia's reputation a little because some people put far, far too much faith in wikipedia's "facts".
- MuddyMo 19y agoYes,the Register is shrill to the point of borderline tabloid status. But they do put out a significant amount of original work. Just to see for myself, I went to the Wiki page for Gary Weiss' bio and saw numerous attempts had been made to add a link to this Register article and all had been undone immediately. Hopefully, Citizendium (like Wikipedia, but no anonymous editors and there is an editorial board) will be able to gain some traction: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page
- corecirculator 19y agoit still faces the same problem.. a small group of members can block information if they wish.