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It's less useful than it might seem to post a random Wikipedia extract when the subject is highly controversial / politically charged.
by westoncb 7y ago
It's less useful than it might seem to post a random Wikipedia extract when the subject is highly controversial / politically charged.
- recycle_away 7y agoIt's certainly not "random" as you say - the subject is the founder of the project. The entire project is politically charged. The software was literally modeled after monarchy and fascism. IMO this doesn't belong on HN.
- westoncb 7y agoYes, I'm sure a lot of people feel that way. Other people would like to be able to judge for themselves. Of course the extract is about the founder (who incidentally is not part of the project anymore), that's exactly why it's controversial and politically charged—i.e. the exact situation when Wikipedia is least reliable. Edit: for instance, the linked article has "Semi-Protected" status because: > "there is a significant amount of disruption or vandalism from new or unregistered users, or to prevent sockpuppets of blocked or banned users from editing, especially when it occurs on biographies of living persons who have had a recent high level of media interest." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#se...
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> The software was literally modeled after monarchy and fascism. Show me a software project modeled after liberal democracy.
- jevgeni 7y agoAny trading system? Bittorent?
- twic 7y agoI'd say unix generally. There's a slowly evolving set of laws (POSIX) made by broad consensus; people roughly follow the laws most of the time; and the whole thing just about works. Everyone agrees the whole thing is deeply flawed, but can't agree on a replacement.