Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

2 of 531 comments (clear)

  1. Here's the secret evidence, for the curious: by ToiletDuck · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is the evidence that Durova, self-proclaimed "complex investigations specialist" used to justify banning one of Wikipedia's finest contributors. http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Durova's_Sekret_Evidence

    Here she is on Slashdot. In what appears to be an amazing coincidence, the person she is defending here is the same person who happens to run the mailing list in question.
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=256781&cid=20020479

  2. If I were still in the eighth grade... by sethawoolley · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd do a mass sign-up of the secret list:

    http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wpcyberstalking

    (as posted in another post, but up here, it'll get more coverage... here goes my karma, watch it slide!)