andrewjho

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by andrewjho 10y ago
You're strawmanning my argument. I did not say, as you imply, that active user growth should continue indefinitely. Take a look at this graph: https://www.gwern.net/images/2012-henkvd-activewikipedians.p... Firs
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by andrewjho 10y ago
I'll break this down into easy-to-understand parts for you. > It's pretty clear that you are confused about what Wikipedia is (not your personal cloud server) vs what you think it ought to be (your personal cloud server). Nice
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by andrewjho 10y ago
You seem to have completely missed the argument of the linked article. (Also, saying that something "isn't about X" doesn't magically make it not about X.) You also seem to be mixing up what "is" with what &quo
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by andrewjho 10y ago
I'll charitably assume that you're arguing from a position of ignorance, not malice. Read before writing: https://www.gwern.net/In%20Defense%20Of%20Inclusionism (1) The metric that matters, active user growth, has
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by andrewjho 10y ago
Your argument is completely logically incoherent. It amounts to saying that the status quo is circularly self-justifying because... because... just because . Have you considered, for instance, the possibility that relaxing the moderation (
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by andrewjho 10y ago
You're justifying the administrator's actions based on a priori notions of what Wikipedia is or was "meant" to be. This allows you to ignore the actual consequences of actions . What's the point of a rule if it d
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by andrewjho 10y ago
Sure. Arguing over what the True and Canonical Purpose of Wikipedia is will go nowhere. The only relevant fact is that it was consequentially better for the administrator to behave otherwise. Even if we assume that the user was 100% in err
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by andrewjho 10y ago
Have you seen what the typical Wikipedia userpage looks like? E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao . People pretty much DO use them as personal websites -- the differential enforcement seems to
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Why Wikipedia is Dying(medium.com)
20 points by andrewjho 10y ago|30 comments