Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

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Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by CMAwatch » Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:31 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism ... on=history

And guess what. No mention of Bbb23 or WP:G5.
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[Wikipedia is] a stupid video game, and the "encyclopedia" is an accidental byproduct.

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Re: Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by ericbarbour » Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:11 pm

Routine--since 2006

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... +Wikipedia

I see our old friend Sashi (old regular on WR and WPO) is messing with it. This article been a major watchpoint for WP insiders since it was started in 2004. Right now is the most accurate it's ever been--asshole admins were removing edits about WP scandals for a long time. Not a complete summary of Wikiscandals but remarkable to see on WP itself.

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Re: Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by Dr Mario » Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:31 pm

I'm most surprised they allow that article to stay up, and not delete it and pretend all is okey in jimbo land. :roll:

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Re: Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by CMAwatch » Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:04 pm

Dr Mario wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:31 pm
I'm most surprised they allow that article to stay up, and not delete it and pretend all is okey in jimbo land. :roll:
Otherwise, Streisand effect would cause people to copy-paste that article everywhere.
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Re: Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by ericbarbour » Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:13 am

Dr Mario wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:31 pm
I'm most surprised they allow that article to stay up, and not delete it and pretend all is okey in jimbo land. :roll:
They can't anymore. Too many media reports of idiot scandals, too many critiques by academic people and journalists. All that stuff added up. It's not like 2008 anymore, when they could deny everything, because The Register was one of the very few media outlets running any reports about Wikipedia insiders doing shit tricks and being generally crazy freaks. "It's only the Register, they're just a bunch of disgruntled code jockeys" or somesuch.

Plus bear in mind: the book about Wikipedia's early history I helped to research, will never see the light of day--because Jimbo is notoriously prone to making legal threats. None of the publishers or agents we contacted would touch it.

Hilarious attitude from the "Sole Flounder" whose wonderful project has a "No Legal Threats" official policy--dating from 2004, and now routinely messed with by the notorious SlimVirgin. Hypocrites all of them.

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Re: Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by Dr Mario » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:16 pm

ericbarbour wrote:
Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:13 am

Plus bear in mind: the book about Wikipedia's early history I helped to research, will never see the light of day--because Jimbo is notoriously prone to making legal threats. None of the publishers or agents we contacted would touch it.
Isn't self a publication an option in this day and age?

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Re: Article “Criticism of Wikipedia” is write-protected!

Post by Kumioko » Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:00 pm

Like you Im surprised they have tolerated this articles existence. They could have quite easily waived the not normally flag and deleted it regardless of the merits and then just blocked anyone who contested as they normally do.
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