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Secret Mailing List Rocks Wikipedia

Posted by kdawson on from the transparent-in-limited-frequency-bands dept.

privatemusings writes "Wikipedians are up in arms at the revelations that respected administrators have been discussing blocking and banning editors on a secret mailing list. The tensions have spilled over throughout the 'encyclopedia anyone can edit' and news agencies are sniffing around. The Register has this fantastic writeup — read it here first." The article says that some Wikipedians believe Jimbo Wales has lost face by supporting the in-crowd of administrators and rebuking the whistle blower who leaked the existence of the secret mailing list.

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  1. Yeah, that's about what I thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    some Wikipedians believe Jimbo Wales has lost face by supporting the in-crowd of administrators and rebuking the whistle blower who leaked the existence of the secret mailing list.

    Oh, I'm sorry, were we talking about 8th grade?

    1. Re:Yeah, that's about what I thought by rucs_hack · · Score: 3, Funny

      Seriously, this is just a bunch of useless trolls (who exist in every community) trying to present themselves as big, important, and note worthy to the world

      You got a citation for this?

  2. Appropriate by halcyon1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hrm, I just finished posting my last comment in another thread, and now I'm thinking the quote would have been more appropriate here.

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  3. In related news: by Glowing+Fish · · Score: 4, Funny

    A user on community.livejournal.com/ultimate_fashion is complaining that livejournal users mindyminx16 and sassykitty91 totally control the entire community over secret aim chats.

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  4. Not true - I checked by DuncanE · · Score: 5, Funny

    No.. there's no secret mailing list - I checked Wikipedia and it said so. Said it was not "not notable" or something.

  5. Re:wiki == worthless by Chris+Kamel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly, English is not one of those areas :)

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  6. Re:I wrote this essay over a year ago... by siwelwerd · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's no such thing as absolute truth

    *Ahem*

    http://xkcd.com/263/

  7. As an admin, I must say I'm disappointed... by Suddenly_Dead · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... that no one invited me to the super secret treehouse mailing list. :(