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January 08, 2009
More on Threshold Wikipedia Article
I might as well note it is deleted. From a comment on the entry Scott Jenning's own article Wikicrap, we have:
In case anyone is interested, they deleted the entry. There were 17 votes for DELETE, 22 votes for KEEP, with Wikipedia admins on both sides. The supposed rules for an “Article for Deletion” discussion were completely ignored. The AfD was closed after 3 days when the rule is 5 minimum. An article is only supposed to be deleted if there is a CONSENSUS FOR DELETE. With more people on the KEEP side, it is absurd to argue there was consensus to delete.Furthermore, the “closing admin” substituted his own pure opinion and completely ignored everything discussed on the page, the input of experts, etc.
Basically, Wikipedia is run by a bunch of hard core lifers willing to break any and all rules and policies of Wikipedia to get their way and protect their buddies.
If you look at the stats of recent admins and people trying to become admins, almost everything they do is negative. You will see stats like “1370 deletions, 27 pages rescued or created.” Basically, the only way to “move up” on Wikipedia is to destroy, since that is so much easier than improving or creating things.
The only upside is that the word has really gotten out about how crooked Wikipedia’s operations are becoming.
-Michael
Muckbeast - Game Design and Online Worlds
There is also a new post by Raph on the notability and sources issues relating to MUD's on wikipedia, called Wikipedia, muds, and where the sources are.
Posted by AndrewArmstrong at January 8, 2009 08:03 AM