QUOTE(Somey @ Sun 2nd May 2010, 8:25pm)
It's amazing what some people will convince themselves of in order to avoid having cracks appear in their belief systems, and IMO the internet only feeds this tendency. Moreover, I'd say the WP'ers reaction to the FBI letter being treated as news worth reporting (even if it is just on Fox) is considerably more instructive than their reaction to the letter itself.
Well, the difference is that it has become public--it's beyond the fold of Internet geeks and Wikipedia followers and commentators. Expect the vituperation to become even more intense if the FBI really does take up the case. The problem isn't really so much the accusation as it is the introduction of the accusation to full-fledged adults and established institutions who naturally have higher standards than Wikipedia's. It's like snitching. As to myself, I call it bringing the law, and ordinary standards of personal responsibility, honesty, and basic decency to bear on a Wikipedia community that thinks it has the inviolate right to live outside of such standards.
QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 2nd May 2010, 8:33pm)
QUOTE(Larry Sanger @ Sun 2nd May 2010, 5:06pm)
All, I just thought I would log in here and thank you for your support. I've never written on the Wikipedia Review before, but it seems that the quality of discussion has become a lot more subtle and interesting since the site was first founded.
(IMG:
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Well, I should hope it's that too--it's been five years or so, hasn't it? But I seem to remember this place as being dominated by banned Wikipedians who were real pieces of work, that I had no desire whatsoever to interact with.
I don't know how much it's changed now, but now I am armed with a trusty kill file, I won't let it bother me. Looking forward to my next *plonk*. (IMG:
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Most of the rest of us have been here for quite some time, you know. Welcome to the unofficial party.
Thanks.