[WikiEN-l] How to sabotage Wikipedia, for SEO spammers

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On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:18 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.bluehatseo.com/how-to-overthrow-a-wikipedia-result/
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> What an odious person.
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> - d.

Well, it depends on your viewpoint. From his point of view, the idea
is to rank a Wikipedia page down so a given page rises above it, and
he provides tactics on how to do this. The fact that this damages
Wikipedia is irrelevant.

In fact, within Wikipedia you get a lot of similar activity from
POV-warriors. Their aim is to present polemic rather than information.
A minor example of this can be found at Alex Jones (radio host). The
guy's a nut of the first order, but he's got a string of defenders,
often anons, who remove any criticism of their hero. Of course
Wikipedia is part of the conspiracy to discredit him and these guys
are just setting the record strait.

I'm sure everyone on this list has their own favorite example article,
where POV ducklings nibble away at objectivity, hoping to remain under
the radar.

-- 
Peter in Canberra