Zealots and the Wikipedia process
22nd December 2006
Alan Kazlev reports on his experience when faced with a Wilber zealot who aims to delete critical material. This is a regular and resurfacing issue on the Wikipedia, when faced with committed minorities who want to hijack material for their own ends. They may have more energy and experience than the lone individual, but as Alan’s experience shows, the transparency of the process also gives possibilities of retort.
Indeed, after describing his experience in minute detail, he concludes:
Wikipedia itself, despite its many glaring faults, has built into it an admirable transparency.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:01 pm
there is an admirable level of transparency, but it does appear to be moving toward more opacity in some cases. It is that trend which is disturbing.
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:44 am
Taran: Could you be more specific as to where you see this opacity occuring and growing?