Wikipedia begs for money again
It’s that time again - Wikipedia is begging for finance publicly, but this time their campaign is being commanded by an illiterate monkey. The notice is on a rotated basis, but this is the message I received when visiting the site:
The site is already getting a bad reputation, and some have nicknamed it “Wreckipedia” so this isn’t the perfect time to start employing a primemate to run the publicity campaign!
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Wiki wiki wonka! They have a really good idea, or good intentions or whatever. Knowledge really should be available for anyone. But they have so much spam (in the form of articles that shouldn’t be there, largely articles promoting one particular company) and people taking ownership of pages, using them as a social internet power game that knowledge isn’t always what Wikipedia makes available. Some of their info is fantastic, the best quality around. Some of it isn’t. And it can be hard to tell which is which sometimes.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Always remember this point Dan: Abuse on Wikipedia *is* the rule, the exception to it is getting caught