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Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that wikileaks isn't actually a wiki?

by JackFr 13y ago

k3n 13y ago
But it actually is... or at least it uses the Wikimedia software: http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Confidential_plans_for_1.2_billion_ID_cards:_Creating_a_Unique_ID_for_every_resident_in_India,_Nov_2009 http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Confidential_plans_for_1.2_billion...
- warnick 13y ago
  but the conceptual framework is not there. (I.E. most visitors cant edit anything)
  - PeterisP 13y ago
    Wiki conceptual framework is about how stuff should be kept/edited in a community, but it's not saying anything about if that ability should be granted only to 'blessed contributors' any or random visitors; i.e., if you are considered part of that editor community.
warnick 13y ago
No, every time I think about them this comes up in the back of my mind and I get a little confused
PavlovsCat 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki > Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiti] or [ˈviti]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick". Great, now I'm bothered by the fact that everybody pronounces "wiki" wrong :D
_mulder_ 13y ago
Or the fact that they keep half of their leaked material secret from us.
- mpyne 13y ago
  I'm still waiting for the WikiLeaks major leaks about Moscow that we were all promised. At least, promised until Assange got his TV show on Russia Today.
  - tedunangst 13y ago
    I was personally more interested in the Bank of America files, but I think they're gone now too.
    - mpyne 13y ago
      I had heard DDB had erased those before he left. Never heard why though, unless it was supposed to be one last 'fuck you' to Assange before he got booted out.
foobarqux 13y ago
It started as a wiki. It didn't work. They kept the name.
namdnay 13y ago
I'm sure it used to be, back in the pre-Collateral Murder days. I remember being able to search through the pages and see people comment on the authenticity or not of publicly uploaded documents.

Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that wikileaks isn't actually a wiki?

by JackFr 13y ago

Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that wikileaks isn't actually a wiki?

k3n 13y ago

But it actually is... or at least it uses the Wikimedia software: http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Confidential_plans_for_1.2_billion_ID_cards:_Creating_a_Unique_ID_for_every_resident_in_India,_Nov_2009 http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Confidential_plans_for_1.2_billion...

warnick 13y ago
but the conceptual framework is not there. (I.E. most visitors cant edit anything)
- PeterisP 13y ago
  Wiki conceptual framework is about how stuff should be kept/edited in a community, but it's not saying anything about if that ability should be granted only to 'blessed contributors' any or random visitors; i.e., if you are considered part of that editor community.

warnick 13y ago

No, every time I think about them this comes up in the back of my mind and I get a little confused

PavlovsCat 13y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki > Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiti] or [ˈviti]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick". Great, now I'm bothered by the fact that everybody pronounces "wiki" wrong :D

_mulder_ 13y ago

Or the fact that they keep half of their leaked material secret from us.

mpyne 13y ago
I'm still waiting for the WikiLeaks major leaks about Moscow that we were all promised. At least, promised until Assange got his TV show on Russia Today.
- tedunangst 13y ago
  I was personally more interested in the Bank of America files, but I think they're gone now too.
  - mpyne 13y ago
    I had heard DDB had erased those before he left. Never heard why though, unless it was supposed to be one last 'fuck you' to Assange before he got booted out.

foobarqux 13y ago

It started as a wiki. It didn't work. They kept the name.

namdnay 13y ago

I'm sure it used to be, back in the pre-Collateral Murder days. I remember being able to search through the pages and see people comment on the authenticity or not of publicly uploaded documents.