4 ms·

Citations desperately needed. What do you hope to communicate with this tirade ? You're basically saying I spewed out a bunch of things, some of it is true. Fig

by mekoka 5y ago

Citations desperately needed. What do you hope to communicate with this tirade ? You're basically saying I spewed out a bunch of things, some of it is true. Figure out which.

stefan_ 5y ago
Found the Wikipedia admin. These are well known issues: "Wikipedia is losing editors": https://mashable.com/2013/01/08/wikipedia-losing-editors/?europe=true https://mashable.com/2013/01/08/wikipedia-losing-editors/?eu... "Nearly all of Wikipedia is written by just 1 percent of its editors": https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-elite-diversity-foundation https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-eli... "Wikipedia’s diversity gap echoes around the internet": https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/04/wikipedias-diversity-gap-echoes-around-the-internet-heres-what-local-groups-are-doing-to-help.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/04/wikipedias-diver... "Wikipedia has cancer": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_C...
- Kim_Bruning 5y ago
  http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiLifeCycle http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiLifeCycle Wikipedia seems to somehow be hanging by its fingernails for the last decade or so, despite being somewhere in the 20's on that list. I guess something was done right. Next time even better?
- kradroy 5y ago
  I'm not sure why this is getting downvoted, because even Wikipedia acknowledges the issues with its contributor community. Years ago I had a friend who worked for Wikimedia Foundation and was very enthusiastic about it. That optimism didn't last for long. He left after a few years citing WF's messaging style of "holding the content hostage" during fundraising drives and the established, exclusive contributor community that, more often than not, would drive away new contributors with snippy responses and arcane editing rules.
  - zodiakzz 5y ago
    Was he at a management position? Otherwise he seems to be poking where it doesn't belong. If a donation banner made him leave, I can't imagine him keeping any job ever.. you realize how little 99% of companies care about ethics (compared to making profit), right?

by mekoka 5y ago

Citations desperately needed. What do you hope to communicate with this tirade ? You're basically saying I spewed out a bunch of things, some of it is true. Figure out which.

stefan_ 5y ago

Found the Wikipedia admin. These are well known issues: "Wikipedia is losing editors": https://mashable.com/2013/01/08/wikipedia-losing-editors/?europe=true https://mashable.com/2013/01/08/wikipedia-losing-editors/?eu... "Nearly all of Wikipedia is written by just 1 percent of its editors": https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-elite-diversity-foundation https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-eli... "Wikipedia’s diversity gap echoes around the internet": https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/04/wikipedias-diversity-gap-echoes-around-the-internet-heres-what-local-groups-are-doing-to-help.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/04/wikipedias-diver... "Wikipedia has cancer": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_C...

Kim_Bruning 5y ago
http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiLifeCycle http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiLifeCycle Wikipedia seems to somehow be hanging by its fingernails for the last decade or so, despite being somewhere in the 20's on that list. I guess something was done right. Next time even better?
kradroy 5y ago
I'm not sure why this is getting downvoted, because even Wikipedia acknowledges the issues with its contributor community. Years ago I had a friend who worked for Wikimedia Foundation and was very enthusiastic about it. That optimism didn't last for long. He left after a few years citing WF's messaging style of "holding the content hostage" during fundraising drives and the established, exclusive contributor community that, more often than not, would drive away new contributors with snippy responses and arcane editing rules.
- zodiakzz 5y ago
  Was he at a management position? Otherwise he seems to be poking where it doesn't belong. If a donation banner made him leave, I can't imagine him keeping any job ever.. you realize how little 99% of companies care about ethics (compared to making profit), right?