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Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet? New York Times
There are tests that have right answers, which are returned with a number on top in a red circle, and there are tests with open-ended ...
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The Rorschach blots are routinely used for very questionable purposes (read up on the history of psychological testing as a means to restrict freedom sometimes, it's very interesting), and it's almost without doubt that at least part of the campaign to include them on Wikipedia is driven by one of the many campaigns against dubious psychological testing.

The American Psychological Association has, of late, been waging a very determined war to keep its profession from being subjected to public scrutiny. Why this might be is certainly a matter that could be discussed (but probably shouldn't be) but the point here is that this has become one of those "battleground" issues, and the Rorschach blots is just one of the fronts on which this battle is being fought, and Wikipedia is just one of the theatres in which this war is being fought.
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Newsfeed   Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet? - New York Times   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:22am
Apathetic   'Twas only a matter of time...   Wed 29th July 2009, 3:22am
Malleus   The Rorschach test was secretive crap anyway, so w...   Wed 29th July 2009, 4:25am
dtobias   Since those inkblots were published before 1923, t...   Wed 29th July 2009, 12:17pm
Jon Awbrey   Same Ol' Same Ol' — Wikipediots, having...   Wed 29th July 2009, 12:36pm
GlassBeadGame   Since those inkblots were published before 1923, ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 1:55pm
dtobias   I didn't know Mensa didn't use full safeg...   Wed 29th July 2009, 4:58pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='186260' date='W...   Wed 29th July 2009, 5:20pm
Apathetic   Fox video wherein one anchorman gives a mock Rorsc...   Wed 29th July 2009, 5:24pm
Somey   So Mensa employees a psychologist who does not adh...   Thu 30th July 2009, 4:37am
Milton Roe   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='186306' date='W...   Tue 4th August 2009, 4:49am
Apathetic   Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Rorschach_test_imag...   Mon 10th August 2009, 7:20pm
Cla68   Why don't psychologists want the Rorschach ima...   Tue 11th August 2009, 11:57pm
CharlotteWebb   Is there any reason not to merge this with the pre...   Wed 12th August 2009, 5:53pm
Apathetic   (or vice versa, I don't see how it fits in ...   Wed 12th August 2009, 6:07pm
dtobias   I don't support anybody having a "right t...   Wed 29th July 2009, 12:47pm
Jon Awbrey   I don't support anybody having a "right ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 1:04pm
dtobias   I don't support anybody having a "right...   Wed 29th July 2009, 1:21pm
Jon Awbrey   [quote name='Jon Awbrey' post='186255' date='Wed ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:05pm
MBisanz   It would appear the comments are trending 33-1 in ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 12:56pm
Jon Awbrey   The Rorschach blots are routinely used for very q...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:17pm
GlassBeadGame   The Rorschach blots are routinely used for very q...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:17pm
Kelly Martin   Currently, however, psychologists undergo accredit...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:23pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='186267' date='W...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:30pm
Kelly Martin   I'm certain that you are aware that their are ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:46pm
Jon Awbrey   Those safeguards are routinely circumvented in so...   Wed 29th July 2009, 3:00pm
LaraLove   Those safeguards are routinely circumvented in s...   Wed 29th July 2009, 3:12pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='Jon Awbrey' post='186276' date='Wed ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 3:39pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='186272' date='W...   Wed 29th July 2009, 3:08pm
Jon Awbrey   The takeaway from this whole situation is that Wi...   Wed 29th July 2009, 3:41pm
Malleus   And if a psychologist gets you declared mentally i...   Tue 4th August 2009, 2:49am
LaraLove   I just clicked through the ten plates. Results of ...   Wed 29th July 2009, 2:22pm
zvook   I realized this had become very public when I read...   Mon 3rd August 2009, 10:35pm
dtobias   So far, it seems like in pretty much every one of ...   Mon 3rd August 2009, 11:09pm
GlassBeadGame   So far, it seems like in pretty much every one of...   Tue 4th August 2009, 12:01am
thekohser   Essjay. Seigenthaler. Doran. Marsden. Wikia ...   Tue 4th August 2009, 2:30am

 

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