Comments on: What Wikipedia is not http://wikiangela.com/blog/what-wikipedia-is-not/ Angela Beesley Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: james_uk http://wikiangela.com/blog/what-wikipedia-is-not/comment-page-1/#comment-57 james_uk Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:50:28 +0000 http://wikiangela.com/blog/what-wikipedia-is-not/#comment-57 Why HISTORY should be deemed inappropriate escapes me. Instead of fading away (what do they have to hide?), all entries should be preserved. Server space is under $1 per GB. In this mold, the new millenium can reflect a new spirit: "Create, but do not Destroy". Why HISTORY should be deemed inappropriate escapes me. Instead of fading away (what do they have to hide?), all entries should be preserved. Server space is under $1 per GB. In this mold, the new millenium can reflect a new spirit: “Create, but do not Destroy”.

]]> By: Eric http://wikiangela.com/blog/what-wikipedia-is-not/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Eric Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:58:57 +0000 http://wikiangela.com/blog/what-wikipedia-is-not/#comment-28 You know, I saw the link on that questionable edit of the uncyclopedia article on en.wp, and then read your blog (I'm not one to read any blog, so take that as a compliment). This particular entry is interesting because we discussed it in person late Sunday night just outside Harkness Commons. The discussion included the fact that a great deal of the history of wikipedia disappears into the ether, from IRC being transient to the loss of old edits from articles, and how future historians will only be able to learn a small bit about us due to the loss of these important parts of wikipedia history. The writers, on the other hand, objected to the idea of logging IRC or keeping anything self-referential. It seems the majority of project contributors don't see themselves as notable, certainly not to the future, and would rather everything about them, except their work, be lost to history. You know, I saw the link on that questionable edit of the uncyclopedia article on en.wp, and then read your blog (I’m not one to read any blog, so take that as a compliment). This particular entry is interesting because we discussed it in person late Sunday night just outside Harkness Commons.

The discussion included the fact that a great deal of the history of wikipedia disappears into the ether, from IRC being transient to the loss of old edits from articles, and how future historians will only be able to learn a small bit about us due to the loss of these important parts of wikipedia history.

The writers, on the other hand, objected to the idea of logging IRC or keeping anything self-referential. It seems the majority of project contributors don’t see themselves as notable, certainly not to the future, and would rather everything about them, except their work, be lost to history.

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