Gothamist: Wikipedia Makes Steve Cuozzo Go Crazy

Spiritof76

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:46:59 -0500

In other words, you enjoy being an asshole. My, what an achievement. Your mother must be so proud.

Toby von Meistersinger

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:08:12 -0500

It is quite fun to add fake and inaccurate info to Wikipedia. Challenge your friends to see how long your fake information/article lasts for a fun game. It also upsets the infinite number of monkeys typing at random trying eventually to produce an entire encyclopedia.

JMH

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:16:00 -0500

Traditional media has an axe to grind because they're losing business to new media. No Steve, no particular motive to trash the Internet here, is there?

chris

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:04:07 -0500

Crap. I made some typos, too bad no one can fix them for me.

chris

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:03:05 -0500

The reason why not everyone can edit the NYC entry is because most people will just defile it. The whole thing would end up looking worse than you're average NYC comment thread. Such is the tragedy of commons. I could edit it, but then again I don't, because I've got better things to do... like constantly deleting entries about silly NYC only celebrities because they do not meet Wikipedia's notoriety threshold.

Outter Burrougher

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:56:39 -0500

certain articles, including the main entry for New York City, cannot be edited by anyone, you suggest changes which are then discussed and eventually someone (i don't know who) decides whether or not to make the change. There was something I wanted to correct in the NYC article a month or so ago and learned this then.

Politburo

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:45:22 -0500

For all the bitching people do about Wikipedia, they could save everyone a lot of time by just fixing the shit themselves. But then I guess you eliminate a source of easy-to-write columns...