metasonix

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   by metasonix 7y ago

   Oh man, you should see our notes on Fram. What a complete asshole. And they KNEW he was an asshole, and they made him an admin anyway. For FOURTEEN YEARS he got away with all kinds of stupidity....
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   by metasonix 7y ago

   My co-author wants it to be thru a major publisher or an academic house. Self-publishing means the WMF can just call it a "crank job on a website" and claim it wasn't checked for accuracy.
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   by metasonix 7y ago

   Having co-authored a book about Wikipedia's early history, I can tell you more about Wiki administrators and "insiders" then you could possibly absorb. (A book that will apparently never see the light of day, because publishe
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   by metasonix 12y ago

   Whassa matter, he caught The Mighty Wiki with its pants around its ankles, and it isn't an "interesting story" for Hacker News? How would you like it if Wikipedia defamed YOU personally for six years?