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Wikipediocracy, a site for criticism of Wikipedia,<ref name="Qworty" /><ref name="misogyny">{{cite newspaper|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2013/0801/In-UK-rising-chorus-of-outrage-over-online-misogyny|title=In UK, rising chorus of outrage over online misogyny: Recent events in Britain draw more attention to endemic hostility towards women online|first=Dan|last=Murphy|month=1&nbsp;August|year=2013|accessdate=1&nbsp;August 2013|ref=harv|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|}}</ref> was founded in March&nbsp;2012 by contributors to [[Wikipedia&nbsp;Review]],<ref name="HerschWelcome">{{cite web | url=http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15 | title=Welcome | publisher=Wikipediocracy | work=Mission statement and welcome to the public | date=15 March 2012 | accessdate=2013-06-26 | last=Hersch|first=Global moderator}}</ref> another site critical of Wikipedia.<ref name="spawn">{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/07/spawn_of_wikipe.html|title=Spawn Of Wikipedia|last=LaPlante|first=Alice|date=2006-07-14|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612054446/http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/07/spawn_of_wikipe.html|archivedate=2011-06-12|work=[[InformationWeek]]|accessdate=2012-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/06/express/nobodys-safe-in-cyber-space|title=Nobody's safe in cyberspace|last=Shankbone|first=David|date=June 2008|work=[[The Brooklyn Rail]]|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> Wikipediocracy describes its mission as being: {{Quote|"to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world’s most frequently visited websites, the 'encyclopedia that anyone can edit.'"<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipediocracy|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>}}
Wikipediocracy, a site for criticism of Wikipedia,<ref name="Qworty" /> was founded in March&nbsp;2012 by contributors to [[Wikipedia&nbsp;Review]],<ref name="HerschWelcome">{{cite web | url=http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15 | title=Welcome | publisher=Wikipediocracy | work=Mission statement and welcome to the public | date=15 March 2012 | accessdate=2013-06-26 | last=Hersch|first=Global moderator}}</ref> another site critical of Wikipedia.<ref name="spawn">{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/07/spawn_of_wikipe.html|title=Spawn Of Wikipedia|last=LaPlante|first=Alice|date=2006-07-14|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612054446/http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/07/spawn_of_wikipe.html|archivedate=2011-06-12|work=[[InformationWeek]]|accessdate=2012-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/06/express/nobodys-safe-in-cyber-space|title=Nobody's safe in cyberspace|last=Shankbone|first=David|date=June 2008|work=[[The Brooklyn Rail]]|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> Wikipediocracy describes its mission as being: {{Quote|"to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world’s most frequently visited websites, the 'encyclopedia that anyone can edit.'"<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipediocracy|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>}}


Wikipediocracy is "known for digging&nbsp;up dirt on Wikipedia's top brass," wrote reporter Kevin Morris in the ''[[Daily Dot]]''.<ref name=vandalizing /> Novelist [[Amanda Filipacchi]] wrote in the [[Wall Street Journal]] that she had become addicted to reading about Wikipedia controversies in Wikipediocracy (and in the talk pages of Wikipedia).<ref name=Amanda1>{{cite web|last=Filipacchi|first=Amanda|title=My Strange Addiction: Wikipedia|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/07/10/my-strange-addiction-wikipedia/|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref>
Wikipediocracy is "known for digging&nbsp;up dirt on Wikipedia's top brass," wrote reporter Kevin Morris in the ''[[Daily Dot]]''.<ref name=vandalizing /> Novelist [[Amanda Filipacchi]] wrote in the [[Wall Street Journal]] that she had become addicted to reading about Wikipedia controversies in Wikipediocracy (and in the talk pages of Wikipedia).<ref name=Amanda1>{{cite web|last=Filipacchi|first=Amanda|title=My Strange Addiction: Wikipedia|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/07/10/my-strange-addiction-wikipedia/|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref>

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Wikipediocracy
Wikipediocracy logo
Wikipediocracy screenshot taken May 18, 2013
Type of site
Blog and forum
Available inEnglish
URLwww.wikipediocracy.com/sitemap
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional, required for some features
LaunchedMarch 16, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-16)
Current statusActive

Wikipediocracy (WO) is a website for discussion and criticism of Wikipedia. The site is similar to (and split from) earlier criticism site Wikipedia Review. WO contributors discuss problems related to Wikipedia and its parent organization (the Wikimedia Foundation). Some discussions and controversies have been reflected in the traditional media, with mention of Wikipediocracy. The site has provided some journalists with background information on Wikipedia's controversies.

Scope

Wikipediocracy, a site for criticism of Wikipedia,[2] was founded in March 2012 by contributors to Wikipedia Review,[3] another site critical of Wikipedia.[4][5] Wikipediocracy describes its mission as being:

"to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world’s most frequently visited websites, the 'encyclopedia that anyone can edit.'"[6]

Wikipediocracy is "known for digging up dirt on Wikipedia's top brass," wrote reporter Kevin Morris in the Daily Dot.[7] Novelist Amanda Filipacchi wrote in the Wall Street Journal that she had become addicted to reading about Wikipedia controversies in Wikipediocracy (and in the talk pages of Wikipedia).[8]

Investigations of Wikipedia controversies

Wikipediocracy contributors have investigated problems, conflicts, and controversies associated with Wikipedia, some being prominent enough to have been reported by mainstream media.

Revenge editing

In 2013, Wikipediocracy members contacted Salon.com reporter Andrew Leonard to alert him about the "Qworty fiasco",[9] providing background information on a Wikipedia editor Qworty and on the writer Robert Clark Young.[2][10] This background information led to Leonard's writing an article,[9] Revenge, Ego, and the Corruption of Wikipedia, which published the identification of Young as the "revenge editor" Qworty, who had negatively skewed Wikipedia biographies about his literary rivals. Just before the publication of Leonard's article, Qworty had been banned from editing biographies of living persons (on Wikipedia) by this message:[2]

some of your comments ... are extremely troubling when considered in light of your edits and the “rants” you posted last month, which were deeply unfortunate and reflected negatively on the project. If you do continue or resume editing in the future, you are directed not to edit biographical articles concerning any living person (other than yourself and excluding reversion of obvious vandalism) and not to make disparaging comments about any living person on any page of Wikipedia. I hope you will understand that at this point, these restrictions are in the best interests of all concerned.[2]

Relations with governments

Wikipediocracy contributors have assisted journalists who cover controversial relations between Wikipedia and governments. For example, the Russian government threatened to close the Russian-language Wikipedia if it continued to describe marijuana paraphernalia. Wikipediocracy's Twitter feed documented the suppression of information about marijuana "inhalation devices" by editors of the Russian-language Wikipedia.[11][12]

Wikipediocracy contributors' criticisms of Wikipedia have been discussed in news stories covering Jimmy Wales's relationship with the government of Kazakhstan[13][14][15] and the Gibraltarpedia controversy.[16][17]

Wikimedia Foundation

A Wikipediocracy blog post reported that Wikipedia was being vandalized from IP addresses assigned to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF).[7][18] Responding to the allegations, WMF spokesman Jay Walsh stated that the IP addresses belonged to WMF servers and were not used by the WMF offices. He stated that the addresses were assigned to some edits by IPs due to a misconfiguration, which was corrected.[7]

Hoax article

One Wikipediocracy forum discussion identified the Wikipedia account responsible for a hoax article Wikipedia admins had recently deleted. The "Bicholim conflict" article described a fictitious 1640–1641 Indian civil war. It was awarded Wikipedia's "Good article" status in 2007, and retained it until 2012, when a Wikipedian checked the article's cited sources and found that none of them appeared to exist.[19]

References

  1. ^ "wikipediocracy.com info". alexa.com. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Leonard, Andrew (17 May 2013). "Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia". Salon.com. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. ^ Hersch, Global moderator (15 March 2012). "Welcome". Mission statement and welcome to the public. Wikipediocracy. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  4. ^ LaPlante, Alice (2006-07-14). "Spawn Of Wikipedia". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  5. ^ Shankbone, David (June 2008). "Nobody's safe in cyberspace". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  6. ^ "Wikipediocracy". Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b c Morris, Kevin (23 April 2013). "Wikipedia says its staffers are not vandalizing Wikipedia". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. ^ Filipacchi, Amanda. "My Strange Addiction: Wikipedia". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b Nichols, Martha; Berry, Lorraine (May 20, 2013). "What Should We Do About Wikipedia?". Talking Writing. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  10. ^ Manhire, Toby, "Wikipedia and the scourge of “revenge editors”", New Zealand Listener, 5 June 2013, retrieved 5 June 2013
  11. ^ Morris, Kevin (9 April 2013). "The Daily Dot - Wikipedia pot article loses bongs, gets OK'd in Russia". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  12. ^ "Twitter / Wikipedia_Forum". Twitter. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  13. ^ Morris, Kevin (25 December 2012). "The Daily Dot - Wikipedia's odd relationship with the Kazakh dictatorship". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  14. ^ Hermans, Steven (8 January 2013). "Critics question neutrality of Kazakh Wikipedia". NET PROPHET. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  15. ^ Williams, Christopher (24 December 2012). "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales restricts discussion of Tony Blair friendship". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  16. ^ Alfonso, Fernando (25 October 2012). "The Daily Dot - Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales breaks silence on resurgence of influence-peddling scandal". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  17. ^ Orlowski, Andrew (26 October 2012). "Wales: Let's ban Gibraltar-crazy Wikipedians for 5 years". The Register. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  18. ^ Hogsky, Roger (2013). "Busy day at the Wikimedia Foundation office?". Blog. Wikipediocracy. Retrieved 24 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Morris, Kevin (1 January 2013). "After a half-decade, massive Wikipedia hoax finally exposed". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipediocracy&diff=next&oldid=566857344

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