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> Jimbo's beef with paid editing, Why does he have it?
that one guy
post Wed 28th December 2011, 4:13pm
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Doesn't get it either.
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Sort of a tangential topic from the timidguy case, which seems to be an issue of paid editing and Jimbo's ever lasting hate of it. I know we had the Kohs issue in the past but what's his issue with paid editing?
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post Wed 28th December 2011, 6:32pm
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Sort of a tangential topic from the timidguy case, which seems to be an issue of paid editing and Jimbo's ever lasting hate of it. I know we had the Kohs issue in the past but what's his issue with paid editing?
Nobody is permitted to make money off of Wikipedia, except by the grace of Jimbo. Fairly simple.
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post Wed 28th December 2011, 8:10pm
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 28th December 2011, 6:32pm) *

QUOTE(that one guy @ Wed 28th December 2011, 10:13am) *

Sort of a tangential topic from the timidguy case, which seems to be an issue of paid editing and Jimbo's ever lasting hate of it. I know we had the Kohs issue in the past but what's his issue with paid editing?
Nobody is permitted to make money off of Wikipedia, except by the grace of Jimbo. Fairly simple.

I thought it was that Larry Sanger was a paid editor and said he had a lot to do with the creation of Wikipedia. Therefore Jimbo does not like paid editors.
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that one guy   Jimbo's beef with paid editing   Wed 28th December 2011, 4:13pm
timbo   The answer to the "Why not have paid editors?...   Wed 4th January 2012, 8:36am
thekohser   They pump up their clients and would quickly, it ...   Wed 4th January 2012, 12:54pm
Maunus   Paid editing is against all of the principles that...   Wed 4th January 2012, 1:52pm
dogbiscuit   Paid editing is against all of the principles tha...   Wed 4th January 2012, 3:44pm
Maunus   Paid editing is against all of the principles th...   Wed 4th January 2012, 11:51pm
thekohser   ...the fact that I find (specifically corporate i...   Thu 5th January 2012, 12:35pm
Maunus   It's amusing that of all the unethical things...   Thu 5th January 2012, 2:32pm
thekohser   It's amusing that of all the unethical thing...   Thu 5th January 2012, 3:39pm
thekohser   Paid editing is against all of the principles tha...   Wed 4th January 2012, 5:10pm
Maunus   Paid editing is against all of the principles th...   Wed 4th January 2012, 11:41pm
Peter Damian   It is a non-argument to compare with POV pushers ...   Wed 4th January 2012, 6:53pm
gomi   It is like asking "should we allow tedentious...   Wed 4th January 2012, 6:58pm
Peter Damian   In which Jimbo and others decide that it's OK ...   Thu 5th January 2012, 7:57pm
thekohser   In which Jimbo and others decide that it's OK...   Fri 6th January 2012, 4:14am
thekohser   Oh, wow... this is getting bigger, much bigger, no...   Fri 6th January 2012, 4:22am
EricBarbour   Stunning. Jimbo Is The Holy One. Even when he says...   Fri 6th January 2012, 6:46am

 

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