Hi,
Elaine Wang is a senior at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. She recently wrote an article for the "Sun Herald" about her experiences with vandalism in Wikipedia.
This is her edit history: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=6...
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/14257422.htm
After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something like that.
Hoever, it is strange to see that nobody who corrected a single error from her seemed to have checked her other articles. -- ~~~~
On 4/4/06, Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler@gmail.com wrote:
After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something like that.
Pity that people who do this sort of things can't actually help the project, or point out existing vandalism or something, rather than simply violating [[WP:POINT]]. I can understand where they're coming from, but it's like pissing in front of a police station to see if you get away with it. Even if you do, it still reeks of piss.
Steve
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She was doing her job - investigating whether Wikipedia's counter-vandalism procedures were robust enough. Clearly in several of her tests they were not. This is no different from reporters from 'The Sun' (a gutter tabloid here in the UK) into Sandhurst Military Academy to prove how crap security is.
Cynical
Steve Bennett wrote:
On 4/4/06, Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler@gmail.com wrote:
After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something like that.
Pity that people who do this sort of things can't actually help the project, or point out existing vandalism or something, rather than simply violating [[WP:POINT]]. I can understand where they're coming from, but it's like pissing in front of a police station to see if you get away with it. Even if you do, it still reeks of piss.
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On 4/4/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/4/06, Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler@gmail.com wrote:
After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something like that.
Pity that people who do this sort of things can't actually help the project, or point out existing vandalism or something, rather than simply violating [[WP:POINT]]. I can understand where they're coming from, but it's like pissing in front of a police station to see if you get away with it. Even if you do, it still reeks of piss.
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And it's the obscure articles where vandalism survives. At least the author encourages people to doublecheck with other sources. Too bad, he/she doesn't say that should be the norm with ANY source.
Mgm
At 11:50 +0200 4/4/06, Mathias Schindler wrote:
Hi,
Elaine Wang is a senior at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. She recently wrote an article for the "Sun Herald" about her experiences with vandalism in Wikipedia.
This is her edit history: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=6...
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/14257422.htm
After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something like that.
Hoever, it is strange to see that nobody who corrected a single error from her seemed to have checked her other articles. -- ~~~~
She ends the article with:
"My advice for anyone using it? Check the facts with other Web sites, and always double-check the Wikipedia article itself for updates over time. You never know when a goofball like me might be posting."
Sound advice!