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steve v wrote:
* Ghost of Nupedia (aka. Nupedia's Monster):
On-wiki institution of
Nupedia-style credentialism. Ranking of academic degrees by type:
conservative American Ivy League institutions first, everyone else
second, all the way down to mail-order degrees from North Korea.
fnord! Ranking of academic degrees by age of institution which offers
them, with weighting based on age of faculty at that institution.
Anyway, the Ivy League is an athletics association.
* Paranoid Web of Trust: People get ranks (in addition
to barnstars)
and parade them proudly. Everyone sucks up to the Board members, and
they eventually get military-style badges made to pin on their ©&?
Wikimedia Nohat-logo sweatshirts.
func's micronation is spreading :)
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