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[ NNSquad ] Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia
Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia
http://j.mp/YRr7xE (Salon) [quite long]
"The answer to this question is on the one hand simple, almost trivial:
Qworty turned out to be another author who had a long history of
resenting Hannah. The late night Wikipedia edits are certainly not the
first time that a writer's ego has led to mischief. But the story is
also important. Wikipedia is one of the jewels in the Internet's
crown, an amazing collective achievement, a mighty stab at realizing
an awesome dream: a constantly updated repository for all human
knowledge. It is created from the bottom up, a crowd-sourced labor of
love by people who require no compensation for their work but also
don't need to jump through any qualifying hoops. Anyone can edit
Wikipedia. Just create an account and start messing around! Qworty's
edits undermine our trust in this great project. Qworty's edits prove
that Wikipedia's content can be shaped by people settling grudges and
acting out of spite and envy. Qworty alone, by his own account, has
made 13,000 edits to Wikipedia. And Qworty, as the record will show,
is not to be trusted."
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--Lauren--
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