Mike, trust me: this is a very big deal and a very good thing.
Two problems arise at this point.
*First, almost nobody who's using this tool knows how to analyze its data dumps. They're pointing to single edits and missing the big stories. *Second, a lot of the people who've been perpetrating this IP abuse will now switch to Plan B.
I know what Plan B is. There are a limited number of Plan Bs out there and I've foiled them (along with Plan C, Plan D, etc.) many times. The further they stroll down the alphabet the worse it looks for them because the excuses wear out: they can't claim ignorance anymore.
-Durova
On 16/08/07, Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com wrote:
Mike, trust me: this is a very big deal and a very good thing.
It is particularly pleasing that the press reaction is universally outrage.
*Second, a lot of the people who've been perpetrating this IP abuse will now switch to Plan B. I know what Plan B is. There are a limited number of Plan Bs out there and I've foiled them (along with Plan C, Plan D, etc.) many times. The further they stroll down the alphabet the worse it looks for them because the excuses wear out: they can't claim ignorance anymore.
Yeah. That's the thing about WikiScanner - it catches only the *stupid* miscreant.
- d.
Good intentions are fine, but don't does giving people too much information unnecassarilly burden people with problems that don't exist.
One gay newspaper in New Zealand is soliciting its readers to uncover homophobic editing of Wikipedia articles by New Zealand organisations. Its becoming like a witch-hunt http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=4996
*Rolls eyes*
mike