http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2005/12/04/wikipedia-poster-child-for-web-20-flaws/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2005/12/04/wikipedia-poster-child-for-web-20-flaws/comment-page-1/#comment-57 mathewingram.com/work » Blog Archive » The Wikipedia sideshow continues Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:53:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2005/12/04/wikipedia-poster-child-for-web-20-flaws/#comment-57 [...] I have to say that I think a lot of this — particularly the Curry stuff — is kind of petty and irrelevant. Curry said he made a mistake, and whether anyone believes him or not is up to them. Maybe it’s just fun to slam him because he’s a former MTV video jock and movie star — whatever. The Wales incident is more troubling because he’s the public face of wikipedia.org and what he has done raises questions about who gets to edit what — even more so than the Siegenthaler affair. In that sense, I think Roger is doing a public service by pointing out what’s going on — and at the same time showing how the blogosphere can be a self-regulating exercise. [...] [...] I have to say that I think a lot of this — particularly the Curry stuff — is kind of petty and irrelevant. Curry said he made a mistake, and whether anyone believes him or not is up to them. Maybe it’s just fun to slam him because he’s a former MTV video jock and movie star — whatever. The Wales incident is more troubling because he’s the public face of wikipedia.org and what he has done raises questions about who gets to edit what — even more so than the Siegenthaler affair. In that sense, I think Roger is doing a public service by pointing out what’s going on — and at the same time showing how the blogosphere can be a self-regulating exercise. [...]

]]>