Comments on: The trouble with Wikipedia

By: Ventifax

Ventifax — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:14:13 +0000

Oh, my word, I left Wikipedia shortly before you wrote this because of just that attitude.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:36:30 +0000

I like Wikipedia despite all these sentiments. Starting your own wiki sounds cool!

By: Bryce Digdug

Bryce Digdug — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:10:28 +0000

Yes, I’m always shocked when things like Petticoat Junction have their own Wikipedia page, but then again I was the one who was looking that up and it proved invaluable for my blog.

By: dave rau

dave rau — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:50:39 +0000

Seems pretty anti- long tail.

By: Chris Vail

Chris Vail — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:52:16 +0000

Once you start up “WikiWho?!”, you could have a lot of fun linking to stuff in Wikipedia…

By: annalee

annalee — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:25:43 +0000

There are easy ways to get rid of spam on Wikipedia. In fact, there is a flag you can put on entries that are spam. You don’t need to flag spam as “not notable” to get rid of it — just flag it as spam!

By: no

no — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:10:55 +0000

The answer, quite simply, is that if you don’t set some sort of bar for entry, every idiot who thinks that their blog or twitter posts or mere existence deserve to be recorded for posterity will spam the encyclopedia with what is little more than self-advertisement and narcissism.

By: Liz Henry

Liz Henry — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:42:52 +0000

I also wonder why. Apparently civilization as we know it would collapse, and the universe would get girl cooties.

By: Chris Vail

Chris Vail — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:45:39 +0000

You could always start up your own wiki of the non-notable, perhaps called “WikiWho?!”.

By: KaneCitizen

KaneCitizen — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:33:42 +0000

My sentiments exactly! And we're not alone. (There's a box you can get there for your user page.)