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== "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

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** "~~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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* [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

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** "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://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)]

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* [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

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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

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** "~~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~~."

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** "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"."

== Forget altruism ==

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