[Wikipedia-l] Re: [WikiEN-l] "The God-King drives a Hyundai"

[Andrew Lih]

Haven't read the article yet, but I thought "benevolent dictator" was
the term of choice. Not that I think Jimbo isn't God-like.

Google:
site:mail.wikipedia.org benevolent dictator - 16 hits
site:mail.wikipedia.org god-king - 1 hit



On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:07:56 -0500, Sj <2.718281828 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Daniel Pink's WIRED article about Wikipedia, "the self-organizing,
> self-repairing, hyperaddictive library of the future," has hit the
> shelves.
> 
> Titled "The Book Stops Here", the six-page piece opens with a picture
> of Jimbo gazing levelly over a large stack of Britannica volumes and
> -- are those the 2001 Florida Statues?   It follows up with a set of
> beautiful sketches of six active wikipedians (Angela, Bryan Derksen,
> Carptrash, Kingturtle, Ram-Man, and Raul654), whose stories are woven
> into the article.
> 
> Pink deals quite well with the nuances and motivations of the en:
> community, and the Wikipedia healing factor.  However he all but
> ignores other languages (the article's one real flaw), and makes no
> mention of Wikimedia, New York, or other gatherings.  He also
> demonstrates a Pelligrinesque affection for the term "God-King" (the
> subject is a quote from the article).
> 
> More :  http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/2005/02/17#a797
> 
> Cheers,
>    SJ
> 
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