So, lost in the press uproar over the Seigenthaler incident is the Adam Curry / podcasting incident.
A friend who knows about the podcasting community tells me that our article is currently not very good. I personally think that the problem is the age old problem which happens when partisans with a fight from somewhere else on the Internet spill over into Wikipedia to have their fight.
The solution is: get rid of the partisans, and focus the attention of good Wikipedians on the topic. Input from various factions is fine, but we also need to take a firm stand on not allowing any of them to hijack or subvert the article in an attempt to win points in their own external fight.
I have no policy recommendations, but I do hope this email will prompt several people to add these articles to your routine patrols.
--Jimbo
I hadn't kept abreast of this; which articles in particular should an eye be kept on?
--Martin
On 12/7/05, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
So, lost in the press uproar over the Seigenthaler incident is the Adam Curry / podcasting incident.
A friend who knows about the podcasting community tells me that our article is currently not very good. I personally think that the problem is the age old problem which happens when partisans with a fight from somewhere else on the Internet spill over into Wikipedia to have their fight.
The solution is: get rid of the partisans, and focus the attention of good Wikipedians on the topic. Input from various factions is fine, but we also need to take a firm stand on not allowing any of them to hijack or subvert the article in an attempt to win points in their own external fight.
I have no policy recommendations, but I do hope this email will prompt several people to add these articles to your routine patrols.
--Jimbo
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Martin Osterman wrote:
I hadn't kept abreast of this; which articles in particular should an eye be kept on?
--Martin
I believe the main victim is [[Podcasting]]. Article on said incident can be found here: http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/12/wikipedia_caugh_1.html
--bbatsell
Thanks! I'll add it to my watch list and see what's going on!
--Martin
On 12/7/05, Brock Batsell wikipedia@theskeptik.com wrote:
Martin Osterman wrote:
I hadn't kept abreast of this; which articles in particular should an eye
be
kept on?
--Martin
I believe the main victim is [[Podcasting]]. Article on said incident can be found here: http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/12/wikipedia_caugh_1.html
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