[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Lobby takeover of wikimedia projects, particularly English wikipedia
Chad
innocentkiller at gmail.com
Tue May 6 13:27:54 UTC 2008
Likewise, no clue what you're talking about.
-Chad
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Camera incident? Sorry, I don't follow.
>
> Mark
>
> 2008/5/5 White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>:
>
>
> > Although it is a well known issue, this issue has finally made its way to
> > spotlight with the ongoing CAMERA incident on English wikipedia... I am sure
> > English wikipedia's arbcom will come up with a reasonable conclusion and the
> > purpose of this email is not related to the CAMERA arbcom case directly.
> >
> > Due to the very nature of wikis they are very open to outside interference
> > and manipulation. Although there had been many discussions on the matter,
> > they never generated the intended level of brainstorming.
> >
> > I am sure someone can provide a brief history of past external manipulations
> > so I will avoid listing them on this email.
> >
> > You may be under the false impression that large wikis such as en.wikipedia
> > is invulnerable to such attacks, but this would be a fatal mistake. English
> > wikipedia is probably the most vulnerable language edition of wikipedia. If
> > a lobby group were to secure some 10 admin accounts they can effectively
> > overwhelm any process we have on English Wikipedia.
> >
> > So lets discuss possible solutions and precautions.
> >
> > I recommend that foundation pass a ruling on the matter of lobby takeovers.
> > Although it goes without saying along with NPOV, spelling it out has
> > benefits and no harm. This way we can more easily and promptly purge them on
> > wikis that did not have a serious conversation on this matter enough to come
> > up with a policy.
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