On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:37 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As Gwern (User:Gwern) continues to edit the English
Wikipedia (today
concluding a different "experiment") and appears to have stopped
participating in this discussion (thereby ignoring questions about the
acknowledged vandalism), I agree that the account and associated IP
addresses should be blocked until such time as a promise to cease the
disruption and evidence that the damage has been repaired are
forthcoming.
There's nothing to answer; and I've been copying the most informative
or hilarious quotes for posterity, such as an active administrator in
good standing wondering if it might actually increase article quality
and not constitute vandalism at all!
The whole thing was worth it just for that quote; I could not have
made up a better example of the sickness.
As for today's experiment, I'm surprised anyone cares. After all, all
that was involved was one single link to a webpage written by a
non-expert. I should be getting a barnstar for removing it, judging by
everyone's reactions. (The result, incidentally, was that
click-through fell from 9 a day to 1 a day, which was 17% and not the
5% I had predicted.)
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gwern
http://www.gwern.net