Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-06-05/In the news

Reprint mentioned as new
Uh, folks? "Wikitruth editor discusses Wikipedia's failures" - that is a straight reprint from the Guardian. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The article is even referenced in Andrew Orlowski, from the Guardian, April 13, 2006: "A thirst for knowledge" Casey Abell 19:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, the article even sources The Guardian- scroll down to the very end, and notice the eeny-weeny "-the Guardian". --maru  (talk)  contribs 20:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Lack of contact with reality in discussion of Wikipedia
Articles along the lines of "Collective thinking and Wikipedia" lack a grounding in reality. Only a tiny number of people give a hoot about the alleged motivations behind Wikipedia. Over a hundred million people use Wikipedia each month, and most of them do so just because it is useful, without giving a damn about any of these so-called ideological issues that can be pinned to it. Personally, I couldn't be much further away from being a "maoist" of "collectivist" and it is kind of libellous for people to write out-of-touch-with-reality articles inferring that Wikipedians deserves such tags. Chicheley 14:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment on Seattle Times article

 * Its only error was the notion that "New articles [...] are first posted for preliminary review before publishing in the encyclopedia where anyone can edit them."

Technically Articles for creation does fill that role, although of course most new articles never go through that channel. --Kwekubo 17:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Quite possibly the researcher did not create an account, and thought that Articles for creation was the only way to create a new page? -- Mithent 01:44, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

A first for the Signpost?
Sanger's article advocates collaboration with "the possibility of a 'lead author'." That sounds like what the Signpost has been doing since January 2005. Articles are signed, but (as far as I can tell) other users are free to make minor changes. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 08:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)