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| Jon Awbrey |
  Fri 20th August 2010, 11:44am
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Sue Gardner's latest rallying cry that poses Wikipedism as a social movement — aside from the fact that it insults everyone from the Hippies of the Sixties and Martin Luther King, Jr. to the CIA, FBI, and the Quakers — doesn't it seem to you that an e-posture like that would be guaranteed to backfire, that is to say, if the world were the least bit sane anymore?
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| tarantino |
Fri 20th August 2010, 4:47pm
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Wikipedian \ˌwi-kē-ˈpē-dē-in\ – See Infornographer
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| Somey |
Fri 20th August 2010, 8:31pm
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QUOTE(tarantino @ Fri 20th August 2010, 11:47am)  ...See Infornographer... Eek, yet another article about a totally manufactured buzzword that never caught on despite having a Wikipedia article about itself which, in turn, never got deleted when it should have become clear that the word wasn't catching on. Perhaps we should adopt this word as an epithet for Wikipedians and "Wikipedianism" - is that what you're suggesting here, Mr. Tarantino? It might work...  Anyway, I couldn't help thinking that some of what Sue Gardner's blog contains indicates a whole new marketing strategy for WP, emphasizing how "well-established" it is - it's a part of YOUR life! "Everybody likes it!" Imagine how desolate and depressing life would be without it! ...and so on. And it's definitely not a "social movement" in any realistic sense of the term - I might even go so far as to say it's self-destructive to suggest such a thing. |
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| jayvdb |
Sat 21st August 2010, 6:45am
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QUOTE(Somey @ Fri 20th August 2010, 8:31pm) QUOTE(tarantino @ Fri 20th August 2010, 11:47am) ...See Infornographer... Eek, yet another article about a totally manufactured buzzword that never caught on despite having a Wikipedia article about itself which, in turn, never got deleted when it should have become clear that the word wasn't catching on. Perhaps we should adopt this word as an epithet for Wikipedians and "Wikipedianism" - is that what you're suggesting here, Mr. Tarantino? It might work... I've never heard of Infornographer either, but it is quite apt. Infomania is another buzzword WP article with very little about the important aspect, being the psychological condition. I have heard of a similar mental disorder, where the subject goes a bit nuts because they want to know all the options and they become incapable of making decisions as a result. I cant' remember the name I heard, but I don't think it was 'Infomania'. |
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Jon Awbrey Wikipedism As Social Movement (WP:ASM) Fri 20th August 2010, 11:44am
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