[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia Empire Based on Open Source Worst Practices?"

[David Gerard]

On 12/08/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got confused by a few comments like "The Wikipedia community, such
> as it is" - what, there is no real Wikipedia community?
> Also, "It is certainly true that, at the highest levels, Wikipedia is
> thoroughly centralized." - another bizarre remark. "Power at the
> highest level is concentrated amongst a few people" - yes...isn't that
> the definition of "highest level"?
> This "An article squatter is someone who is ingratiated to the central
> Wikipedia authority and who monitors, in more or less real-time, all
> changes made to the article. " is simply nonsense. I don't think such
> article squatters have any standing amongst the "central authority" at
> all, and I doubt the "central authority" as such is even aware of
> their existence.


I'm wondering where he had a run-in or several.


- d.