PHWinfo - Afficher un message - OT Article : Not as wiki as it used to be

26/08/2006, 08h43

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:20:46 +0200, John Bokma <john@castleamber.com>
wrote:

>> Perhaps we should all be asked to check one random page for every ten
>> or twenty we look at, giving our time to make the site work in return
>> for better content?
>
> Pitty. What's next? AdSense on it?
>
> I do fix pages now and then (recently the Dutch page on scorpions which
> had a lot of bullshit copied from a badly written pet keeping book), but
> all this moderation stuff sounds like it will become a kind of DMOZ.
> What's next? Bribing wikipedia Ubercontrollers?

I am afraid Wiki can be doomed since the Seigenthaler case as that was the
moment it has attracted attention not of the gentle folk of internet, but
of crooks with different agendas. And just like email is abused by spam
just because it is free, wikipedia can become abused for (almost) the same
reason - no idea how exactly and why, but we have seen with SEO spam how
creative people can be; I am afraid they will find a way to exploit
Wikipedia to the point it will become useless.

I hope I am wrong, but I am old enough to have no delusions.

Best,
Borek
--
http://www.chembuddy.com
http://www.ph-meter.info/pH-meter
http://www.terapia-kregoslupa.waw.pl

26/08/2006, 08h43	#5
Borek Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: OT Article : Not as wiki as it used to be On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:20:46 +0200, John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote: >> Perhaps we should all be asked to check one random page for every ten >> or twenty we look at, giving our time to make the site work in return >> for better content? > > Pitty. What's next? AdSense on it? > > I do fix pages now and then (recently the Dutch page on scorpions which > had a lot of bullshit copied from a badly written pet keeping book), but > all this moderation stuff sounds like it will become a kind of DMOZ. > What's next? Bribing wikipedia Ubercontrollers? I am afraid Wiki can be doomed since the Seigenthaler case as that was the moment it has attracted attention not of the gentle folk of internet, but of crooks with different agendas. And just like email is abused by spam just because it is free, wikipedia can become abused for (almost) the same reason - no idea how exactly and why, but we have seen with SEO spam how creative people can be; I am afraid they will find a way to exploit Wikipedia to the point it will become useless. I hope I am wrong, but I am old enough to have no delusions. Best, Borek -- http://www.chembuddy.com http://www.ph-meter.info/pH-meter http://www.terapia-kregoslupa.waw.pl