[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Lobby takeover of wikimedia projects, particularly English wikipedia

[Mark Williamson]

Camera incident? Sorry, I don't follow.

Mark

2008/5/5 White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>:
> Although it is a well known issue, this issue has finally made its way to
>  spotlight with the ongoing CAMERA incident on English wikipedia... I am sure
>  English wikipedia's arbcom will come up with a reasonable conclusion and the
>  purpose of this email is not related to the CAMERA arbcom case directly.
>
>  Due to the very nature of wikis they are very open to outside interference
>  and manipulation. Although there had been many discussions on the matter,
>  they never generated the intended level of brainstorming.
>
>  I am sure someone can provide a brief history of past external manipulations
>  so I will avoid listing them on this email.
>
>  You may be under the false impression that large wikis such as en.wikipedia
>  is invulnerable to such attacks, but this would be a fatal mistake. English
>  wikipedia is probably the most vulnerable language edition of wikipedia. If
>  a lobby group were to secure some 10 admin accounts they can effectively
>  overwhelm any process we have on English Wikipedia.
>
>  So lets discuss possible solutions and precautions.
>
>  I recommend that foundation pass a ruling on the matter of lobby takeovers.
>  Although it goes without saying along with NPOV, spelling it out has
>  benefits and no harm. This way we can more easily and promptly purge them on
>  wikis that did not have a serious conversation on this matter enough to come
>  up with a policy.
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