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| == "You're an idiot" == | | == "You're an idiot" == |
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− | * [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-is-not-the-encyclopedia-anyone-can-edit Wikipedia is not the encyclopedia anyone can edit] [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs Gregory Kohs] August 9th, 2010 9:02 am ET | + | [[File:Adrien Barrère25.jpg|thumb|300px|right]] |
− | ** "Wikipedia may claim as a headline on its very own main page to be "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but nothing could be further from the truth. [...] you could be the sweetest, most innocent Wikipedia editor ever to grace its community, but if you choose a user name like "Gbmontreal" or "Rawnuke", you're liable to be blocked (as was the case with these two editor accounts) by a guy like "Orangemike"." | + | * [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-criticism-group-purges-three-critics Wikipedia criticism group purges three critics] [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs Gregory Kohs] July 27th, 2010 5:50 pm ET |
| + | ** "An academic group dedicated to fostering a "critical point of view" as regards Wikipedia has decided to purge three noteworthy Wikipedia critics from its ranks. The crime? They were too critical of Wikipedia." |
| * [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikimedia-foundation-s-boss-gives-orders Wikimedia Foundation's boss gives orders] [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs Gregory Kohs] August 4th, 2010 1:23 pm ET | | * [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikimedia-foundation-s-boss-gives-orders Wikimedia Foundation's boss gives orders] [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs Gregory Kohs] August 4th, 2010 1:23 pm ET |
| ** [http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001299.html "Seth, you're an idiot."] --[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimbo Wales] January, 2008 | | ** [http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001299.html "Seth, you're an idiot."] --[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimbo Wales] January, 2008 |
| ** [...] "I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need to find a different hobby, because whatever they are here for, it is not to help build an encyclopedia." [...] --[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimbo Wales] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales talk]) [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive330&diff=prev&oldid=173346013 20:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)] | | ** [...] "I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need to find a different hobby, because whatever they are here for, it is not to help build an encyclopedia." [...] --[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimbo Wales] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales talk]) [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive330&diff=prev&oldid=173346013 20:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)] |
− | * [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-criticism-group-purges-three-critics Wikipedia criticism group purges three critics] [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs Gregory Kohs] July 27th, 2010 5:50 pm ET | + | * [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-is-not-the-encyclopedia-anyone-can-edit Wikipedia is not the encyclopedia anyone can edit] [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs Gregory Kohs] August 9th, 2010 9:02 am ET |
− | ** "An academic group dedicated to fostering a "critical point of view" as regards Wikipedia has decided to purge three noteworthy Wikipedia critics from its ranks. The crime? They were too critical of Wikipedia." | + | ** "Wikipedia may claim as a headline on its very own main page to be "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but nothing could be further from the truth. [...] you could be the sweetest, most innocent Wikipedia editor ever to grace its community, but if you choose a user name like "Gbmontreal" or "Rawnuke", you're liable to be blocked (as was the case with these two editor accounts) by a guy like "Orangemike"." |
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| == Forget altruism == | | == Forget altruism == |