WikiTweaks, The Economist SIR – Your take on the charges of elitism at Wikipedia struck a chord (“Wikipleadia”, January 15th). I have been a contributor since the summer of 2009, mostly to articles on race issues, and during this time I’ve seen several members quit the project. Every person I know of who has left [...]
The promise and perils of crowdsourcing content IT MAY not stir up international outrage like its semi-namesake WikiLeaks, but Wikipedia sparks debate. The free online encyclopedia, which celebrates its tenth birthday on January 15th, is a symbol of unpaid collaboration and one of the most popular destinations on the internet, attracting some 400m visitors a [...]
A celebration of an astonishing achievement, and a few worries, The Economist.com THE internet’s omniscience is one of its most useful and transformative features [Citation needed]. Whether you want to look up an obscure word or phrase, get a quick briefing on an historical figure or dig into a little-known scientific or political concept [Example [...]
We would like to wrap up this category with some observations about the blockings and speculate about their repercussion on the future of Wikipedia. The reason for the blocking is: “Because it (the links) appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes” We believe there is a double standard in the [...]
On 7/24 we linked the article The Da Vinci Code and Mary Magdelene as an external link to the subject of Mary Magdalene using a different username. The external link was removed for the following reason: “The link you added to Mary Magdalene was a blog post, which is discouraged under our external links policies. [...]
On 13 July 2010 I decided to try and link my essays to Wikipedia again on the subjects listed below using a different user name. Links to Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Superman were avoided because these Wikipedia entries were what appeared to be under the control of the media and movie industries and the [...]
This is the third posting on the subject. We would like to share with our readers the reason(s) given for the blocking of links we added on Wikipedia on the subjects outlined below. These blocks were executed by an anonymous and ominous editor named Kurt Shaped Box. Links to: The Book of Job, Iron Man, [...]
We are currently blocked from adding netage.org links on Wikipedia on subjects like “Book of Job”, “Superman “, “The Da Vinci Code” and “Mary Magdalene”, just to mention a few. We would like the reader to decide if these links contribute to the understanding of the subject matter. And if this censure does not contradict [...]
I have been banned from editing pages on Wikipedia by an editor who does not believe in open source or Wikipedia: “You are currently unable to edit pages on Wikipedia. You can still read pages, but you cannot edit or create them. Editing from Netage has been disabled by Kurt Shaped Box for the following [...]
