tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13679122.post7090109671457516136..comments2024-02-23T03:49:25.037-05:00Comments on Wikipedia Blog: Ben Yateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551938089613651798noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13679122.post-40675617339717201132007-05-06T12:26:00.000-04:002007-05-06T12:26:00.000-04:00I think Anonymous was just using this post as a pl...I think Anonymous was just using this post as a place to air his grievance.<BR/><BR/>(Hey, it's <A HREF="http://wikitravel.org/en/User:Evan" REL="nofollow">Evan Prodromou</A>! I'm going to pretend he reads Wikipedia Blog every day and didn't just see "Wikitravel" in a keyword tracker. :P )Ben Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551938089613651798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13679122.post-45908948706333320142007-05-06T10:58:00.000-04:002007-05-06T10:58:00.000-04:00We actually don't have an Intelligent Design artic...We actually don't have an Intelligent Design article on Wikitravel. Wikitravel and Wikipedia are only loosely related.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422595872136269161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13679122.post-35287470395046942712007-05-06T02:42:00.000-04:002007-05-06T02:42:00.000-04:00Also, you have to do pretty egregious stuff (comme...Also, you have to do pretty egregious stuff (commercial spamming, etc.) to be banned from wikipedia outright -- it's analogous to excommunication or something. An editor's influence can be undercut in other ways, though.<BR/><BR/><I>They should get rid of him</I><BR/><BR/>There's no "they", per se -- Wikipedia has a system of authority, but very flat, hierarchically speaking, and mostly organic -- more like the popularity scale in a high school cafeteria than the chain of command in the military (though not very much like either). You can become a part of Wikipedia very easily -- just sit down at the cafeteria table, as it were. It's a little like a public park: the "members" are whoever happens to be there. And maybe there are a few forest rangers or something.<BR/><BR/>(Alright, enough metaphors. Time for bed.)Ben Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551938089613651798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13679122.post-25427959080435013752007-05-06T02:36:00.000-04:002007-05-06T02:36:00.000-04:00I think you mean the Intelligent Design article? ...I think you mean the Intelligent Design article? It doesn't seem too bad to me, but I'm not that involved in the topic.Ben Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551938089613651798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13679122.post-10012952022786472532007-05-05T17:30:00.000-04:002007-05-05T17:30:00.000-04:00The intelligent article on wikipedia is a mess. It...The intelligent article on wikipedia is a mess. It is created by mainly atheists and anti-theists. One editor orangemarlin is a megalomaniac who thinks he owns the article. He is an embarrassment. They should get rid of himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com