Wiki dwindling

[mahnmut]

Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages

Wikimedia says: "The purpose of the project is not participation."

One factor is that many topics already have been written about.

Another is the plethora of rules Wikipedia has adopted to bring order to its unruly universe -- particularly to reduce infighting among contributors about write-ups of controversial subjects and polarizing figures.


I'd add a third one...

Wiki is great if you want to know if the world is flat or round, or any other information on which there is a 100 per cent consensus.

But issues that are contentious are heavily censored and those who disagree with the official version are labeled with the usual tags: "Conspiracy Theorist", "Denier", "Dissident", "Anti-Semite", etc.

There is also widespread use of phrases "Respected Historians/Scientists". These are of course those who agree with the "Official version".

It is, more or less, a propaganda site.

Comments

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

I give this behavior due to deep complexes in most people. Give them some power and watch the show. That's why I outright refused to be a mod of talk_politics, in the first place. I know my abilities far too well, to afford causing this to other people. That's also why I'm reluctant to join politics, despite all the political activism on my part, and despite all the persuasions from people in my community. Apparently some people can't handle power, while others are better at it. Just look at Kol, who's probably the best mod I've ever seen in my entire LJ 'career'. :-)

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Blablah. :p