[WikiEN-l] [Fwd: [HelpDesk-l] Complaint: Service abuse]

Mon Jan 23 10:50:13 UTC 2006

On 1/23/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I thought this was absolutely priceless...
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        [HelpDesk-l] Complaint: Service abuse
> Date:   Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:49:48 +0000
> From:   <NAME REMOVED>
> Reply-To:       Help desk for questions about Wikimedia projects
> <helpdesk-l at Wikimedia.org>
> To:     helpdesk-l at wikimedia.org
>
> Staff members of the world's biggest online encyclopedia,
>
> I am writing this email in complaint to how easy the service can be
> abused by just about anyone on the internet. While in theory it is a
> positive idea to allow people to willingly submit or update articles, it
> gives anyone the power to submit nothing but complete nonsensical,
> biased and generally fictional information that does not reflect on the
> reality of the subject.
>
> Today I was outraged in coming to terms with this when I realized an
> article of interest was willingly changed by someone who was clearly
> closed-minded and totally against the subject:
> http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/FA
>
> You may not know much on the subject, however, I believe that it would
> be fair a proposal to request changing your contribution system to allow
> all contributions to articles to be submitted directly to members of
> staff to review the contributions first, in order to confirm the
> certainty of the article by researching for facts about it online. If
> the contribution is approved, it can then be displayed in the article.
>
> Further, I personally request that you remove the biased, untrue article
> edit and replace it with the much more accurate revision in the
> article's history:
> http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=FA&oldid=47793
> <http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=FA&oldid=47793>
>
> Thank you very much for taking the time to read my email of concern, and
> thanks in advance for taking care of the situation in any way possible.
> - A Wikipedia user
>
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Encyclopedia Dramatica isn't a mirror, is it? I think they got the wrong
address.

Mgm