[WikiEN-l] "How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit", _The Atlantic_

[Anthony]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:47 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anthony wrote:
>>> Okay, I'm imagining it....  Sounds like something that would
>>> improve the encyclopedia.
>>
>> Again, what if hundreds or thousands of users, whose methodologies are
>> undiscussed and potentially flawed, were to take it upon themselves to
>> conduct such "experiments" without consultation or approval?  That's
>> the hypothetical scenario to which I referred.
>
> Yes, I know.

Thousands of users all taking in upon themselves to act in in good
faith, without discussion and in ways which are potentially flawed, to
try to improve an encyclopedia in the way they see best.  We should
come up with a catchy name for that.  Maybe something based on a
Hawaiian word.