On 1/10/07, Nina Stratton <ninaeliza(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I like the article on extroverts and attention seekers
that Luna brought up,
but it doesn't really address certain cultural factors. The current
veneration of celebrities in general, is almost a world-wide phenomenon now.
Many people hold the view that any celebrity is good, and that celebrities
are to be envied wholesale. That makes Wikipedia a target for anyone wanting
their "one minute of fame".
Plenty of productive ways of getting low level fame on wikipedia.
While the multiple author thing means that featured articles are not
that good a way of getting it featured pictures are.
I honestly believe that most vandals come here expecting to get into the
news the next day, because Wikipedia has become so high profile. It's the
folks who come here sub-consciously craving negative attention that are the
real problem. Those are people who are typically very wounded, and there is
definitely some Psychology working there.
The Herostratus approach? I feel that this one only applies to a
limited number of our more persistent Vandals.
--
geni