[Ldsoss] wikipedia becoming anti-mormon?

[Steven H. McCown]

Charles is correct.  I've recently read 2 statistics.  1) that Wikipedia is
more accurate than the commercial counterparts, and 2) the inaccuracies are
quite a bit more blatant.  The main criticism of Wikipedia is that it is now
being used for political purposes.  The candidates/groups use it to write
good things about themselves and those in opposition use it to trash the
candidates.  From what you say, the same thing is happening to the page
about the church.  

 

Wikipedia is setup as an altruistic, everyone contribute a piece of the
puzzle, collection of knowledge.  The fact that it may be abused was not
given significant concern when creating the paradigm.  It's the dark side of
human nature.

 

What to do about it?  I understand that Wikipedia is looking at using some
sort of attribution (tracking) mechanism to eliminate anonymity.  I guess
that's why the Church maintains a privately controlled and copyrighted
website.  ;-)

 

Steve

 

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From: ldsoss-bounces at lists.ldsoss.org
[mailto:ldsoss-bounces at lists.ldsoss.org] On Behalf Of Charles Fry
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:04 AM
To: LDS Open Source Software
Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] wikipedia becoming anti-mormon?

 

First of all, I think that you misrepresent the issue. This is not about the
Wikipedia itself taking an anti-mormon slant. It is about an imbalance in
contribution levels by those who have negative verses positive feelings
about the Church. 

I think it is reasonable for any of us who stumble across incorrect articles
to correct them, and if we are strongly interested to subscribe to future
changes to keep an eye on them. And if there are enough interested parties,
there might be value gained from some internal organization. However I don't
feel that it would be appropriate for the Church to involve itself in
something like this. 

Charles 

 

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