Comments on: Wiki shenanigans on the Hill http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Concurring Opinions http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Concurring Opinions Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:19:44 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/#comment-240 <strong>Wikipedia, Politics, and Anonymity Don't Mix...</strong> The Washington Post has an article today about the recent instances of employees of various politicians editing Wikipedia entries: This is what passes for an extreme makeover in Washington: A summer intern for seven-term Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.)... Wikipedia, Politics, and Anonymity Don’t Mix…

The Washington Post has an article today about the recent instances of employees of various politicians editing Wikipedia entries: This is what passes for an extreme makeover in Washington: A summer intern for seven-term Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.)…

]]> By: madisonian.net » Wikimortification http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-189 madisonian.net » Wikimortification Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:55:57 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/#comment-189 [...] Geoff Manne, at TOTM, highlights a brilliant, funny, and sad story about the wikimortification practiced by Hill staffers on behalf of their bosses. Trackback URL: http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/01/30/wikimortification/trackback/ [...] [...] Geoff Manne, at TOTM, highlights a brilliant, funny, and sad story about the wikimortification practiced by Hill staffers on behalf of their bosses. Trackback URL: http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/01/30/wikimortification/trackback/ [...]

]]> By: Joe Miller http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Joe Miller Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:25:47 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/30/wiki-shenanigans-on-the-hill/#comment-188 Wales talked, just before the New Year, about moving to a system where some registration is required at Wikipedia to author a new post. Mention was also made that perhaps the same barrier should be put in place for modifying an existing page. Would putting staffers to the trouble of registering at Wikipedia stop the nonsense? Probably not, at least as to Rep. Marty Meehan's staffers (who seem to be especially ardent about cleansing the wiki of true and damaging facts about Rep. Meehan). Such a hassle barrier might, however, prevent the cow dung odor comparisons and McLellan douche-ification. Another idea: Don't confer the power to edit old entries until someone has contributed at least 2 new entries that observe the basics of Neutral Point of View, etc. The sad bit: I fear that some may be deterred from using Wikipedia, notwithstanding the highly useful content about many interesting topics (like the Supply & Demand relationship, which I was looking at over the weekend), by nonsense of the congressional staff type. Wales talked, just before the New Year, about moving to a system where some registration is required at Wikipedia to author a new post. Mention was also made that perhaps the same barrier should be put in place for modifying an existing page. Would putting staffers to the trouble of registering at Wikipedia stop the nonsense? Probably not, at least as to Rep. Marty Meehan’s staffers (who seem to be especially ardent about cleansing the wiki of true and damaging facts about Rep. Meehan). Such a hassle barrier might, however, prevent the cow dung odor comparisons and McLellan douche-ification. Another idea: Don’t confer the power to edit old entries until someone has contributed at least 2 new entries that observe the basics of Neutral Point of View, etc.
The sad bit: I fear that some may be deterred from using Wikipedia, notwithstanding the highly useful content about many interesting topics (like the Supply & Demand relationship, which I was looking at over the weekend), by nonsense of the congressional staff type.

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