Sam Korn wrote:
On 11/16/05, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Disclaimer: I acknowledge that there are *some* valuable teenage contributors to Wikipedia.
*dons asbestos pants*
We should kick all the kids off and block all schools indefinately. They're one of our greatest sources of vandalism and they are STUPID ANNOYING LITTLE KIDS. Who gives a stuff what they think. If they want to write "kiddipedia" let them, but this is a SERIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Disclaimer: I am a (valuable?) teenage contributor to Wikipedia.
I understand your point about vandals, but a far greater problem for Wikipedia is trolling. Very few trolls are teenagers.
We are a net good!
With all due respect, most teenagers don't have a clue. (Not many adults do either, but rangeblocking AOL will partially solve that problem.)
Oh yes, I forgot to mention: helpdesk-l gives a wonderful breakdown of the sorts of people who are visiting our site, and (potentially) who is mirroring us.