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> Power of Wikipedia + Lack of Accountability = Bad News, Does anyone disagree with that?
Kato
post Tue 27th May 2008, 11:57pm
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Let's cut back to the chase:
  • Due to the power Wikipedia has attained in the world of information, and the fact that this power is wielded without the standards of accountability society traditionally requires, Wikipedia's model presents serious problems. (examples are plenty of the problems that this lack of accountability has created)
Does anyone disagree with that statement?
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post Thu 29th May 2008, 1:10pm
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It can't actually be an exponential, since the probability of an article being erratic has to saturate at a value no greater than 1.0.

So a more plausible model would be a logistic curve like this one:


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Probability of Wikipedia Article Becoming
Hopelessly Error-Ridden as a Function of Time.
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Kato   Power of Wikipedia + Lack of Accountability = Bad News   Tue 27th May 2008, 11:57pm
wikiwhistle   Let's cut back to the chase:[list] [*][b]Due ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 12:40am
Rootology   due to the visibility of wikipedia articles, and t...   Wed 28th May 2008, 5:44pm
Jon Awbrey   I believe I've said before that Wikipedia is ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 5:52pm
Rootology   Most respectable publishers in the real world ear...   Wed 28th May 2008, 6:18pm
Angela Kennedy   ... This argument you've presented is basica...   Thu 29th May 2008, 7:43am
Jon Awbrey   This argument you've presented is basically ...   Thu 29th May 2008, 11:36am
thekohser   ... Do Wikipedia articles get slanted sometimes ...   Thu 29th May 2008, 12:41pm
Jon Awbrey   Do Wikipedia articles get slanted sometimes in t...   Thu 29th May 2008, 12:48pm
Moulton   I believe I've said before that Wikipedia is m...   Wed 28th May 2008, 7:46pm
Milton Roe   Let's cut back to the chase:[list] [*][b]Due ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 12:54am
Giggy   I tend to agree with that statement, though I...   Wed 28th May 2008, 12:56am
Moulton   The main problem with the statement is that it...   Wed 28th May 2008, 1:16am
Milton Roe   The main problem with the statement is that it...   Wed 28th May 2008, 1:40am
Kato   The main problem with the statement is that it...   Wed 28th May 2008, 3:05am
Jon Awbrey   If memory serves — don't ask who controls th...   Wed 28th May 2008, 2:24am
Milton Roe   If memory serves — don't ask who controls t...   Wed 28th May 2008, 4:16am
Jon Awbrey   Let's cut back to the chase:[list] [*][b]Due ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 3:52am
Jon Awbrey   RE: Power of Wikipedia + Lack of Accountability = Bad News   Wed 28th May 2008, 4:28am
everyking   There are some problems with lack of accountabilit...   Wed 28th May 2008, 4:42am
Angela Kennedy   Let's cut back to the chase:[list] [*][b]Due ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 8:03am
Jon Awbrey   Angela, The problems that you mention have a lot ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 2:10pm
Jon Awbrey   No one here is saying any automatically bad things...   Wed 28th May 2008, 6:24pm
Rootology   No one here is saying any automatically bad thing...   Wed 28th May 2008, 6:28pm
Jon Awbrey   Don't let this beautiful fantasy about a wikip...   Wed 28th May 2008, 6:34pm
Rootology   Don't let this beautiful fantasy about a wiki...   Wed 28th May 2008, 6:36pm
Jon Awbrey   I have answered all of these questions, time and a...   Wed 28th May 2008, 6:45pm
Rootology   I have answered all of these questions, time and a...   Wed 28th May 2008, 7:00pm
thekohser   Root, I think Jonny is saying that the pinprick is...   Wed 28th May 2008, 7:10pm
Rootology   Root, I think Jonny is saying that the pinprick is...   Wed 28th May 2008, 7:20pm
Kato   But that's one point I disagree on as well. W...   Wed 28th May 2008, 7:52pm
Rootology   The whole process lacks any checks or balances, no...   Wed 28th May 2008, 8:58pm
Jon Awbrey   Root, I think Jonny is saying that the pinprick i...   Wed 28th May 2008, 7:24pm
Jon Awbrey   I think that this thread went off topic somewhere ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 9:16pm
Rootology   I think that this thread went off topic somewhere ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 9:32pm
Jon Awbrey   I think that this thread went off topic somewher...   Wed 28th May 2008, 9:36pm
Rootology   You have the Internet confused with Usenet. No, I...   Wed 28th May 2008, 9:41pm
darbyl   I never said that, no. I also never said that th...   Wed 28th May 2008, 10:34pm
Rootology   Accountability has nothing to do with anonymity. ...   Wed 28th May 2008, 10:54pm
dogbiscuit   [quote name='darbyl' post='104826' date='Wed 28th...   Thu 29th May 2008, 12:29am
Jon Awbrey   Pure Helium … You obviously have no clue how mu...   Wed 28th May 2008, 10:06pm
Rootology   You obviously have no clue how much easier it is f...   Wed 28th May 2008, 10:08pm
Jon Awbrey   You obviously have no clue how much easier it is...   Wed 28th May 2008, 10:14pm
Rootology   And we have enforced derailment. YOU WIN AT THE IN...   Wed 28th May 2008, 10:33pm
Neil   If you apply some basic systems thinking principle...   Thu 29th May 2008, 1:33pm
thekohser   Reverting vandalism is wasted effort? Always. R...   Thu 29th May 2008, 2:10pm
Jon Awbrey   If you apply some basic systems thinking principl...   Thu 29th May 2008, 2:38pm
Lar   If you apply some basic systems thinking principl...   Thu 29th May 2008, 2:53pm
dogbiscuit   I don't think anyone has ever done time and m...   Thu 29th May 2008, 3:32pm
Anaheim Flash   In order to this, you need to understand what th...   Thu 29th May 2008, 10:40pm
dogbiscuit   In order to this, you need to understand what t...   Thu 29th May 2008, 10:53pm
Neil   If you apply some basic systems thinking princip...   Thu 29th May 2008, 3:00pm
Jon Awbrey   You're comparing Fear of Vandalism to Fear of...   Thu 29th May 2008, 3:12pm
Neil   That's one analysis, yes but another (from c...   Thu 29th May 2008, 3:16pm
Jon Awbrey   [quote name='Jon Awbrey' post='104956' date='Thu ...   Thu 29th May 2008, 3:26pm
thekohser   We need to finish this quickly before Moulton sho...   Thu 29th May 2008, 3:27pm
Moulton   We need to finish this quickly before Moulton show...   Thu 29th May 2008, 9:32pm
Jon Awbrey   Jimbo knows exactly who his target demographic is....   Thu 29th May 2008, 4:07pm
Neil   In order to this, you need to understand what t...   Fri 30th May 2008, 8:34am
Jon Awbrey   [quote name='Anaheim Flash' post='105088' date='T...   Fri 30th May 2008, 1:48pm

 

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