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If Wikipedia critics want to try to get some more traction (while Sue is surely stretching things a bit to say that "everybody" has a better reaction to them now, it does seem to be true that critics have less weight in the outside conversations about Wikipedia these days than a few years ago when attacking Wikipedia was somewhat trendy in some circles), perhaps they should hope for a new wave of BADSITES-style attempts at suppressing criticism (Sue's talk of stopping all the bickering could possibly launch a trend that way). That sort of squelching of critics, of which there has been much less lately than around 2007 or so when the likes of SlimVirgin held a high degree of power, is something that gets even libertarian-oriented types (like myself) to start supporting the critic side of the various Wikipedia-related issues, which helps get that side some airing even in the tech press, sometimes trickling down to the mainstream media as well.
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Everybody’s reaction to Wikipedia has gotten warmer over time, as Wikipedia’s earned credibility
