LA Times Pulls Wikitorial, Blames Slashdot

ubermiester writes "The LA Times pulled down it's "beta" wikitorial after people began inserting obscene content faster than the editors could remove it. Though there is nothing on the LA Times editorial page or in the general coverage, the NY Times notes (free reg req) the fact that the bulk of the vandalism occurred after a posting about the wikitorial appeared on Slashdot and goes on to quote a member of the LA Times editorial staff as saying, "Slashdot has a tech-savvy audience that, to be kind, is mischievous and to be not so kind, is malicious". " Apparently Michael Newman thinks that all half a million daily Slashdot readers are malicious, although I personally would guess more like a 60:40 split myself *grin*.

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Who shut down the LA Slimes Wiki? Republicans?

[snarkasaurus]

So, was it those wascawy Wepubwicans who "defaced" the LA Slimes wikitorial? Who screwed it up so bad that it had to be taken down after only two days?

Was it those darn Religious Right fruitbats who did it? Darn them all to heck!

Nope. Porno posters. Dickheads who most likely vote (wait for it) DemocRat when they bother to vote at all.

Low life, in other words. Scum. People with the social graces of a goat and the smell to match. They kind of people who will piss in the soup pot when no one is watching.

As usual.