tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post2769014837832930895..comments2024-02-11T21:16:33.722+11:00Comments on boynton: wikiboyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-21500029000033108132008-03-17T12:15:00.000+11:002008-03-17T12:15:00.000+11:00self marshaled...I love that pic, Juke.(and not ju...self marshaled...<BR/><BR/>I love that pic, Juke.<BR/><BR/>(and not just scholarship but bloggership, your worship)boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-82989438642473746752008-03-16T11:55:00.000+11:002008-03-16T11:55:00.000+11:00"the heretofore unmarshaled energies of the self-c..."the heretofore unmarshaled energies of the <I>self</I>-credentialed"<BR/>See the refining toward that makes in seconds what took millenia heretofore. Who credentialed the monastic scholars? Pliny? Oxford? Harvard? Who credentialed the originating crediantialers? <BR/><A HREF="http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/pga/00700/00794v.jpg" REL="nofollow">Same as it ever was</A>, only way quicker.Jukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02183914310591005773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-12763076484033639362008-03-14T21:41:00.000+11:002008-03-14T21:41:00.000+11:00hey Fifi.(love your blog)Completely sidetrackedwou...hey Fifi.<BR/>(love your blog)<BR/><BR/><I>Completely sidetracked</I><BR/>would be/should be a good name for next blog.boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-69252596497517848302008-03-14T18:57:00.000+11:002008-03-14T18:57:00.000+11:00That was fabulous...I just got completely sidetrac...That was fabulous...I just got completely sidetracked reading that article, and just realised I should have been making some dinner.<BR/>very engaging. Hilarious.<BR/>But who can avoid the wiki? not I.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-58665426913730124782008-03-14T14:28:00.000+11:002008-03-14T14:28:00.000+11:00- but will there be animated gifs?Hope so.- but will there be animated gifs?<BR/>Hope so.boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-29240649513209151742008-03-13T22:43:00.000+11:002008-03-13T22:43:00.000+11:00'Wistful longing' will be an entry on the deletope...'Wistful longing' will be an entry on the deletopedia and it will display a picture of boynton looking over her shoulder. An mp3 file will play a *sigh*.<BR/><BR/>I contribute. A little bit. I still don't understand how it all works and never have the patience or desire to find out. It does the trick more often than not.peacayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997731249622552311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-68738346750484953732008-03-13T16:04:00.000+11:002008-03-13T16:04:00.000+11:00- also, and meant to add this into the main post, ...- also, and meant to add this into the main post,<BR/> there's this <A HREF="http://wikidumper.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Deleted articles blog,</A> isn't there?<BR/><BR/><BR/>But wait there's more. While tracking down that URL, I found <A HREF="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/09/the_island_of_l.php" REL="nofollow">another post on the same theme</A> lamenting the deleted and the deletionists...boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-1913865969174876342008-03-13T15:48:00.000+11:002008-03-13T15:48:00.000+11:00Yeah, I still love Wiki too.Or should that be as a...Yeah, I still love Wiki too.<BR/><BR/>Or should that be <I>as a concept</I> after reading about the <I>shenanigans</I>?<BR/><BR/>When I read the article,I was in a 'wistful longing' mood about early blogging days and how things seem to have changed, so I appropriated any parallels I could see. <BR/>And from the shenanigans:<BR/><BR/><I>Look, it's an encyclopedia written and edited by amateurs. Apparently the corporation is run by amateurs, too. What's surprising to me is that there's no way professionals could have built something so successful.</I><A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/69787/Can-650-in-dinner-drinks-buy-a-Neutral-Point-of-View#2041349" REL="nofollow">*</A> <BR/><BR/><I>And, for the record I am an active Wikipedian, and the place disgusts me more and more every day. I have no loyalty to the Wikipedia per se, I just like the concept. But everybody at the top, and all the childish people who are involved in some committee or another, are the worst kinds of humans in the world. Powerless in their own lives for the most part, they all play Evil Dictator on the computer after a soul-crushing day at the office.</I><A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/69787/Can-650-in-dinner-drinks-buy-a-Neutral-Point-of-View#2042333" REL="nofollow">*</A><BR/><BR/><I>The Wikipedia has a dark, slimy underbelly that is sickening. Imagine the worst academic infighting you have ever seen, multiply by a thousand, and apply even more meaningless and ego driven bullshit as a frosting layer. Sprinkle with paranoia and the inability to back down, and you have your standard Wikipedian attitude</I><A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/69787/Can-650-in-dinner-drinks-buy-a-Neutral-Point-of-View#2043074" REL="nofollow">*</A>boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-50120670675449996182008-03-13T13:50:00.000+11:002008-03-13T13:50:00.000+11:00Mefi also report on the inevitable venal shenaniga...<A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/69787/Can-650-in-dinner-drinks-buy-a-Neutral-Point-of-View" REL="nofollow">Mefi</A> also report on the inevitable venal shenanigans going on in the background.<BR/>I do love the idea of 'deletopedia'.peacayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997731249622552311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-20001265127462083622008-03-13T11:20:00.000+11:002008-03-13T11:20:00.000+11:00Thanks for that Boynton.I love splopping around in...Thanks for that Boynton.<BR/>I love splopping around in the wiki connecting up the dots and going off on tangents.<BR/>There may be "no side sprinklings of AdSense" but there is probably an entry for it.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.com