[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia slated in the Sunday Times

Sun Feb 12 10:34:06 UTC 2006

I agree with the observation. As the popularity of
Wiki continues to go up, the vandals will keep
increasing in numbers, which in turn will force an
increase in admin numbers. This, to me, sounds bad,
because the admin cult will also grow in size. We can
expect more blocking and more power tripping. I mean,
when admins enjoy using their tools more than working
on articles, something must be wrong.

Anittas

--- Jon <thagudearbh at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> The Sunday Times (the most popular British Sunday
> broadsheet) has done a hatchet job on Wikipedia
> pointing out that it is riddled by vandalism. After
> lampooning the fact that we have 1000 volunteers
> just to keep the vandalism at bay, it quotes Jimmy
> as saying:
>    
>   "I thought it would be overrun with idiots but
> there are far more people doing good than those who
> try to be harmful."
>    
>   Mind you, when WP has more people keeping the
> idiots at bay rather than writing content (as most
> likely is the case now), something has gone wrong.
>    
>   If you want to read the article, see
>
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2036558,00.html
> .
>    
>   Jon
>    
> 
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