{"id":230,"date":"2005-08-06T10:13:14","date_gmt":"2005-08-06T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/?p=230"},"modified":"2005-08-06T10:13:14","modified_gmt":"2005-08-06T14:13:14","slug":"wikipedia-a-little-less-wiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/wikipedia-a-little-less-wiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia: a little less wiki"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to discourage vandalism, Wikipedia<\/a> will soon begin to freeze pages with “stable contents … whose quality is undisputed.” Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia, revealed his plans in an interview with a German newspaper, reported in turn by Computerworld<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wales’ comments focus on the issue of credibility, a reasonable concern, although it should be noted that his plans trade one form of credibility for another. As it now stands, Wikipedia’s credibility rests in part on the commitment of those who combat the vandalism, fix the pages, and contribute to its content. That form of credibility, however, relies on some fault tolerance and patience among users. If one encounters vandalism on a page and is annoyed, as Wales fears, Wikipedia’s credibility does suffer for a moment, but the larger credibility of a culture working together to fix broken windows is not necessarily impaired. On the other hand, if the contents of a page are frozen, one will always find the page in a credible state, but that credibility no longer testifies to the larger faithfulness of the culture that supports the experiment.<\/p>\n

It’s a classic dilemma. I’m not surprised Wikipedia has at last decided it needs to pull back on its openness. But I am disappointed, especially that it’s come so soon, and I hope that there are no commercial factors driving Wales’ decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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