[Air-L] Wikipedia editing in the Washington Post

[Barry Wellman]

GIven the WikiInterest in this list, fyi:

There is a reasonable article in a very recent Washington Post about edit
wars in Wikipedia, including my WikiFriend Tina Voz (Tvoz) talking about
her editing interactions re Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson,
etc. (Tina outed herself in the article, so I am not giving away an
secrets). Another recent editwar about Fred had to do with mentioning the
sizable age gap between Fred and his wife, and the extent to which her
physical appearance is relevant (i.e., what picture to show).

On Wikipedia, Debating 2008 Hopefuls' Every Facet - washingtonpost.com
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01. On Sen.
John McCain's Wikipedia entry, the argument has been over whether he is a
...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601699.html?nav=rss_email/components

PS: While I am at, two Wikipedia articles need a lot of upgrading by
people more knowledgeable than me:

Virtual Community
Social Network Service (e.g., Facebook)

Besides the thinness of the discussion, both tend to be magnets for
promoters of obscure social-software services.

 Barry Wellman
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