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Visualizing the Wikipedia Power Struggle
todd450 pointed us to a nifty
visualization of Wikipedia
and controversial articles in it. The image started with a network of 650,000 articles color coded to indicate activity. The original image is apparently 5' square, but the sample image they have is still pretty neat.
Wikitroll clue #1: "your bozo bit has been set." Common phrasing used by admins who are targeting someone (via watch-list and frequent refreshing of their contribution list) for harassment.
Wikitroll clue #2: admits he's an admin-cultist... er cabalist.
Wikitroll clue #3: doesn't ask why the person has an issue, just assumes what it was and drops in a strawman "presumably", and skips over the amazing number of reasons someone could have a problem on wikipedia that have nothing to do with "site policy" and everything to do with abuse by the administrators...
Wikitroll confirmed. Chairboy would be a part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Hmmmm.
You don't find hatred and slander of a religion dangerous?
You don't find people being slandered, which could easily cause them to lose jobs or worse, to be dangerous?
The first amendment does NOT give someone the right to slander or libel. And "editorial review" on Wikipedia is a joke.
"The publisher will engage in editorial review and decide what changes or corrections are appropriate" - and you say this of Wikipedia, where the entire structure is designed to hide those responsible and throw up byzantine mazes of "policy" that, if you actually navigate through, you can be banned for "wikilawyering" and "legal threats"???
And you REALLY think this isn't dangerous? Seriously - whatever the hell you're smoking, share, you stingy bastard.
Prime example - nothing "trollish" here, but the wikicultists just have to try to mod down anything that's not complimentary to their beloved trash heap.
Wouldn't really surprise me to learn it, either.
more than I trust someone like you.
You're well known for abuse of power, Gwern.
Pull the other one.