I was describing to someone how Wikipedia works:
"anyone can edit" etc.
He answered with this argument:
"Wikipedia is the triumph of the average person!
of the man in the street!)"
(average meaning: not good, not bad, just OK)
I asked "why?"
His explanation:
"Great brilliant works are built by individuals.
Groups of people can only create average works.
If someone writes something good in the wiki,
other average persons will intervene with his/her
work and turn it into an average work. If someone
writes something bad in the wiki, the others will
again turn it into something of average value.
with your system (meaning: Wikipedia's system)
you can be sure that you will never create
something too bad but also never something too
good. You can create only average articles."
The idea behind his argument was that Wikipedia
will be a good resource as long as it attracts
good cotnributors. but it will soon become an
average site/encyclopaedia because it allows
anyone to join the project and edit, and most
people are just average persons and not brilliant
writers.
Do you think it's true? and how can we answer
this argument?
--Optim
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On Sunday 28 July 2002 03:00 am, The Cunctator wrote:
> What are the articles this person has been changing?
For 66.108.155.126:
20:08 Jul 27, 2002 Computer
20:07 Jul 27, 2002 Exploit
20:07 Jul 27, 2002 AOL
20:05 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
20:05 Jul 27, 2002 Leet
20:03 Jul 27, 2002 Root
20:02 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:59 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:58 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:54 Jul 27, 2002 Principle of least astonishment
19:54 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:52 Jul 27, 2002 Trance music
19:51 Jul 27, 2002 Trance music
For 208.24.115.6:
20:20 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
For 141.157.232.26:
20:19 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
Most of these were complete replacements with discoherent statements.
Such as "TAP IS THE ABSOLUTE DEFINITION OF THE NOUN HACKER" for Hacker.
For the specifics follow http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist
and look at the contribs.
--mav
Is this a bug or is it a feature?
Just wanted to know what happens to the 'talk' section of a Wikipedia entry
once (or if) a page gets shifted.
I noticed that the earlier discussions (that might have come up via the
Talk) just disappears.
Now, this isn't very helpful. Because all the earlier talk seems to be
untraceable, and there is a complete vacuum about what was said earlier.
If anyone wishes, this system can be abused (for instance, to cover earlier
discussions... by simply changing the title of the page).
Am I missing something here?
FN
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it's ok
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> 1. Barkha Datt's comments on the Wikipedia
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:32:57 +0530
> From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक
> नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
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> At 1:04:50- 1:04:55 of this discussion
> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3RhsO9q_y8], the Indian television anchor
> Barkha Dutt complains: "Wikipedia says I have three husbands. I've not met
> them yet."
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> Is her complaint true? If so, can it be rectified?
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> If not, can it be clarified?
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> From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
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> Hoi,
> Have a read.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkha_Dutt it does not even
> say she is married. What is written in other Wikipedias I cannot read. :)
> Wikidata is clean as well.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
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> On 30 January 2017 at 01:02, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या
> *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>> At 1:04:50- 1:04:55 of this discussion
>> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3RhsO9q_y8], the Indian television
>> anchor
>> Barkha Dutt complains: "Wikipedia says I have three husbands. I've not met
>> them yet."
>>
>> Is her complaint true? If so, can it be rectified?
>>
>> If not, can it be clarified?
>>
>> FN
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At 1:04:50- 1:04:55 of this discussion
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3RhsO9q_y8], the Indian television anchor
Barkha Dutt complains: "Wikipedia says I have three husbands. I've not met
them yet."
Is her complaint true? If so, can it be rectified?
If not, can it be clarified?
FN
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