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| DATE | 2015-06-30 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS deleted
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Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
> sorry, I'm been vicerally upset with wikimedia now for quite a time and
> you got caught in the crossfire.
Just to be clear, I am wary of Wikipedians -- specifically of the
editors, much more than I am of the encyclopaedia. About 5-10 years
ago, I observed numerous rather appalling instances of the
editor-regulars getting into acrimonious edit wars with persons over the
contents of articles concerning those persons. E.g., there would be an
article about semi-famous person Foo. Foo would attempt to edit the Foo
article to correct what he/she said was factual inaccuracies, and
encounter massive pushback and public attack by the (pseudonymous)
editors.
The pseudonymous editors seemed to take particular glee in viciously
slagging well-known people who participated.
At that time, I settled on a personal policy of _not_ having a Wikipedia
login, lest I attract that sort of hostile attention by my edits. I did
occasionally participate to polish up articles or make other
improveemnts I thought unlikely to raise controversy -- and to this day
conduct such edits only anonymously. Also, after someone started a
Wikipedia article about _me_, I nominated it for deletion, taking care
to use the non-aggressive, non-expedited method (so I wouldn't trigger
knee-jerk opposition) and justify the request by claiming I simply am
not notable.
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