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Reform Wikipedia (bring a little bit of Egypt to Wikipedia) edit
On the struggle against the oppression of unregistered editors, Aaron Swartz said:
Perhaps we can improve things with new rules (not only should you not bite the newcomers, you shouldn’t even bark at them) and new software (making it easier to discuss changes and defend contributions), but most importantly, it’s going to require a cultural shift. Larry Sanger famously suggested that Wikipedia must jettison its anti-elitism so that experts could feel more comfortable contributing. I think the real solution is the opposite: Wikipedians must jettison their elitism and welcome the newbie masses as genuine contributors to the project, as people to respect, not filter out.
refs:
- Swartz, Aaron. Who writes Wikipedia? -- responses (summary). 2006 Sep 5. The connection between the maintainer myth and deletionism comes through clearly in this digest of responses.
- Swartz, Aaron. Who runs Wikipedia? 2006 Sep 7.
- Swartz, Aaron. Making more Wikipedians. 2006 Sep 11.
This should be unified with the struggle against the censorship of wikipedia according to family values.
Jimbo Wales edit
Jimbo initial career included Bomis Premium, "offering customers access to premium, X-rated[1] pornographic content," so he's bowing to pressure to a FOXnews campaing to purge "pornographic content" from wikipedia, single-handedly deleting images like caricatures by 19th century artist Félicien Rops!
{{quotation|This user does not condone the actions of the "benevolent dictator" Jimbo Wales regarding the deletion of material of sexual content, that go as far as deleting illustrations and artwork. Check out: Commons talk:Sexual content - Another abuse of power from Jimbo Wales, m:Requests for comment/Remove Founder flag and m:Petition to Jimbo. Unshopisticated people like Jimbo "benevolent dictator" Wales should learn from Paul Krassner: "appealing to the prurient interest IS a socially redeeming value." (Susie Bright Interviews Paul Krassner)
„[…] there was so much hardcore pornography on commons that there's still some left in nooks and crannies.“ Jimbo Wales May 8 13:08:31 UTC
(img: books burning in berlin)
References edit
- ^ Kuchinskas, Susan (March 26, 2009). "Jimmy Wales: Why the recession will not kill digital media". iMedia Connection.
precedents edit
Me boycotts Amazon for censoring Wikileaks - Alternatives to Amazon edit
- worldwide: betterworldbooks? alibris, abebooks, alibris uk
- UK: waterstones
- Germany: [bol.de], [1], [de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlag_C._H._Beck], Thalia, [weltbild.de]
- Italy: [libreriauniversitaria.it libreriauniversitaria]
- US: powells
- Spain: [www.parisvalencia.com paris-valencia], [solardelbruto.com solardelbruto]
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- Worldwide: bookdepository (the capitalist sharks at amazon just brough up the bookdepository! Wft, where is the anti-trust? They are actually eliminating the only real alternative, for books stocks and prices, for those who don't want to give money to amazon. They already have a 70%-strong market dominance (for books) in the uk only. The only hope is that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), after outraged comments from the public, decides by August 30 to defer it to the Competition Commission)
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One more reason to boycott: insane work conditions cause 15 people to collapse in a Pennsylvania () Amazon warehouse. Inside Amazon’s Very Hot Warehouse (NYTimes, 19.09.2011) "End slavery at Amazon" (No, they aren't talking about the jungle) [2]