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Laughter and forgetting on Wikipedia

What does Wikipedia have in common with the old Czechoslovakian communist party? Both excel in the art of forgetting. The communists, of course, were particularly adept at forgetting. At the beginning of Book of Laughter and Forgetting, the Czech writer Milan Kundera describes a scene on...

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Blog posts 2007-03-07

Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?

Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?Quick sandPersonally I find a lot of value in Wikipedia as a quick and handy online resource. Because of its rather novel makeup, I am willing to cut the Wiki crowd a little extra slack to boot. But I have to agree, every...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wales, public relations officer, Essjay, public relations

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, has issued a free pass to a Wikipedia editor who lied about his background. In an incredible contradiction, Wales said of Wikipedia editor and Wikia employee Ryan Jordan (nee "Essjay"): "“I accepted his apology, because he is now, and has always been, an...

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Blog posts 2007-03-05

Wikidentity

Its Saturday, so it must be time for another Wikiscandal. Jimmy Wales has gotten caught with his fingers in the identity till again. This time its concerns "Essjay", one of the Wikipedia activists interviewed last July by Stacy Schiff in a New Yorker piece ominously entitled "Know It All". Essjay...

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Blog posts 2007-03-03

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Laughter and forgetting on Wikipedia

Laughter and forgetting on Wikipediaummmm noThat's a good read. Entertaining, well written, humorous, thought-provoking and almost true. In an article on truth and forgetting it's ironic to be reminded of the old saying "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story"Essjay is mentioned on wikipedia -...

Tags: Wiki, Disinformation, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2007-03-07