Comments on: Case Study: Florence Devouard, Wikia, and the Wikipedia admins

By: nathanr|ca » Case Study: Florence Devouard, Wikia, and the Wikipedia admins

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:51:22 +0000

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By: Gregory Kohs

Gregory Kohs — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:01:15 +0000

Key to drawing a conclusion about this is to ask, “Does the directly involved editor have a reason to obscure the facts, or is he or she even deluded about the facts?” For example, would we welcome the editorial contribution of George W. Bush to an encyclopedia article about the decision to go to war in Iraq?

While I feel for Florence’s desire to declare separation of the WMF from Wikia, she need only look at the WikipediaReview.com to find a list of 22 ways by which there have been and/or continue to be ties between the two organizations. Either that, or just look at the logo on Jimbo’s T-shirt the next time he’s addressing a Wikimania crowd.

By: Jon Awbrey

Jon Awbrey — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:38:02 +0000

If you think that winning a skirmish is winning a war, then you don’t know WikiWar very well.

Phase 1 involves identifying all of the people who opposed the WikiPutsch at hand. Mission accomplished.

Phase 2 involves eliminating from the field the lion’s share of the opponents thus identified, making sure to terminate them with such Xtreme WikiPrejudics that it serves to intimidate the WikiPeanutGallery from ever wanting to imitate their fate.

Rinse and Repeat.

You have to watch the war over a 2 or 3 year period to get any sense of the trends, but I think it’s fairly clear that the Powers That Bee will rule HiveMind in the end.