{"id":49349,"date":"2015-01-23T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T04:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/23\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-wikipedia-edition.html"},"modified":"2015-01-23T21:43:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T04:43:06","slug":"this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-wikipedia-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/23\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-wikipedia-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"This is why we can't have nice things (Wikipedia Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This particular contretemps demonstrates Wikipedia's greatest weakeness: addressing controversial contemporary issues, exacerbated by the level of vitriol and online savvy of the parties involved in this particular arena.<\/p>\n

As a general rule, Wikipedia is an awesome resource, and the vast majority of its information is provided in a way that no other sort of body could provide. When was James Garfield born? What was the vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Who was Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and what is a dramaturg? Wikipedia's got you covered. But the more matters wander into hot political or social topics, the more checking of references and double-checking of judgments and conclusions is necessary.<\/p>\n

Sort of like the Internet as a whole, only more convenient.<\/p>\n

Having drawn my own conclusions about the Gamergate controversy from a fair amount of reading, the actions of Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee is more than a bit disappointing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWikipedia Purged a Group of Feminist Editors Because of Gamergate<\/a><\/span>
\nFor nearly as long as the antifeminist culture war known as Gamergate has raged across the internet, a microcosm of the battle has taken place on Wikipedia. Should Gamergate defined as a push for ethics in gaming journalism, or a paranoid campaign against women in gaming? This week, Wikipedia’s highest court made a major decision in favor of the former.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This particular contretemps demonstrates Wikipedia's greatest weakeness: addressing controversial contemporary issues, exacerbated by the level of vitriol and online savvy of the parties involved in this particular arena. 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