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]

Look what you've done. Again. I was talking about Poland and you ran away with Armenia. Btw his name is Pilsudski.

And, didn't I say here that the biographies of public and historical figures are what is the most controversial part of Wikipedia? I think I did.

And ultimately, you may have your own version of history, I have no problem with that. You could launch a Underlankepedia if you like.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Given that my post covered both topics, I fail to see why I should not address the Armenian aspect of things.

And no, I don't have my own version of history, I have sources that at least pretend to be academic and not Armenia-wanking exercises.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Btw I love Armenia. Don't you?

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Georgia's better. It didn't try to eradicate a neighboring people like the Armenians did to the Azeris.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't select the peoples I love by their history. I prefer music, cuisine, tales, sport & other stuff to be my criteria. But if you can't help living with the books about the past, no prob. :-P