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On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 04:10, Piotr Konieczny <piokon@post.pl> wrote:

> Wiki can be stressful. I know it too, and I considered leaving too.


I need to stress that it's not about wikis, it's about Wikipedia.

But if you leave permanently, that would be a loss to Wikipedia. You all


Aaand the cynic in me asks: why should I care about Wikipedia losing out?

I think I don't care.  But after yesterday, I'm not sure enough, so it'll
need some meditation.  In any case, I believe a more worthwile concern is
making sure that the topics I care about are accurately represented on
whatever Google puts atop its search list.

Interestingly, Wikipedia itself doesn't care about the quality of its
content; it only cares about quantity.  All the big celebratory events are
about Nth edit or Nth article created; article quality indicators are merely
footnotes.  Perhaps, even the "war on editwarring" is, to some degree,
rooted in this belief: a revert war is bad because half the edits in it
shrink the article.  "Obvious vandalism" is only excepted because it's not
about "edit-warring"; it's about *defacement*, and Wikipedia is a bit
sensitive about its image if not about its quality.  All in all, for
Wikipedia politics, caring about the quality of Wikipedia's content is a
vice, not a virtue.

I continue to believe that Wikipedia needs to be replaced with something
designed in a better way, with safeguards in place to keep it from repeating
Wikipedia's mistakes.  But that's probably far, far away in the future.

-- 
Andres Soolo

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 04:10, Piotr Konieczny <=
span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;piokon@post.pl&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex;">
Wiki can be stressful. I know it too, and I considered leaving too.</blockq=
uote><div><br></div><div>I need to stress that it&#39;s not about wikis, it=
&#39;s about Wikipedia.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"=
>
But if you leave permanently, that would be a loss to Wikipedia. You all</b=
lockquote><div><br></div><div>Aaand the cynic in me asks: why should I care=
 about Wikipedia losing out?</div><div><br></div><div>I think I don&#39;t c=
are. =C2=A0But after yesterday, I&#39;m not sure enough, so it&#39;ll need =
some meditation. =C2=A0In any case, I believe a more worthwile concern is m=
aking sure that the topics I care about are accurately represented on whate=
ver Google puts atop its search list.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Interestingly, Wikipedia itself doesn&#39;t care about =
the quality of its content; it only cares about quantity. =C2=A0All the big=
 celebratory events are about Nth edit or Nth article created; article qual=
ity indicators are merely footnotes. =C2=A0Perhaps, even the &quot;war on e=
ditwarring&quot; is, to some degree, rooted in this belief: a revert war is=
 bad because half the edits in it shrink the article. =C2=A0&quot;Obvious v=
andalism&quot; is only excepted because it&#39;s not about &quot;edit-warri=
ng&quot;; it&#39;s about *defacement*, and Wikipedia is a bit sensitive abo=
ut its image if not about its quality. =C2=A0All in all, for Wikipedia poli=
tics, caring about the quality of Wikipedia&#39;s content is a vice, not a =
virtue.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I continue to believe that Wikipedia needs to be replac=
ed with something designed in a better way, with safeguards in place to kee=
p it from repeating Wikipedia&#39;s mistakes. =C2=A0But that&#39;s probably=
 far, far away in the future.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--=C2=A0<br></div></div>Andres Soolo<br>

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