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| Type of site | Blog and forum |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Revenue | 0 |
| URL | www.wikipediocracy.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional, required for some features |
| Launched | March 16, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-16) |
| Current status | Active |
Wikipediocracy is a website for discussion and criticism of Misplaced Pages and other Wikimedia Foundation sites. Its members have alleged problems within Misplaced Pages, and have assisted journalists with their reporting of these problems.
Mission statement
The site describes its mission as being "to shine the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Misplaced Pages and its related projects; to examine the corruption there, along with its structural flaws; and to inoculate the unsuspecting public against the torrent of misinformation, defamation, and general nonsense that issues forth from one of the world’s most frequently visited websites, the 'encyclopedia that anyone can edit.'"
Media activity
Wikipediocracy contributors have played investigative roles in the reporting of various problems, conflicts, and controversies about Misplaced Pages. One of these was revealing the likely editor responsible for a hoax article on the notional "Bicholim conflict" which lasted five years before being challenged. More recently, Wikipediocracy members were responsible for helping Salon.com reporter Andrew Leonard to expose Misplaced Pages "revenge editor" Qworty as writer Robert Clark Young.
Members of the site have brought several other issues affecting Misplaced Pages to reporters' attention. For instance, when the Russian government threatened to shut down the Russian Misplaced Pages if they refused to delete information on marijuana, Wikipediocracy alerted The Daily Dot reporter Kevin Morris through Twitter of the extensive deletions made by Russian Wikipedians in the hope of staving off government action. Other areas where the assistance of Wikipediocracy members has been useful to the press have had to do with Jimmy Wales's relationship with the government of Kazakhstan and the complex controversy surrounding Gibraltarpedia.
Contributors
Contributors to the site's blog include Dr. Larry Sanger, co-founder of Misplaced Pages, in addition to other current and former Misplaced Pages editors and administrators. Gregory Kohs, owner of MyWikiBiz, is a contributor to and owns the domain registration for Wikipediocracy.
See also
References
- "wikipediocracy.com info". alexa.com. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ Leonard, Andrew (May 17, 2013). "Revenge, ego and the corruption of Misplaced Pages". Salon.com. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- "Wikipediocracy". Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- Morris, Kevin (January 1, 2013). "After a half-decade, massive Misplaced Pages hoax finally exposed". The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- Morris, Kevin (9 April 2013). "The Daily Dot - Misplaced Pages pot article loses bongs, gets OK'd in Russia". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "Twitter / Wikipedia_Forum". Twitter. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- Morris, Kevin (25 December 2012). "The Daily Dot - Misplaced Pages's odd relationship with the Kazakh dictatorship". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- Alfonso, Fernando (25 October 2012). "The Daily Dot - Misplaced Pages's Jimmy Wales breaks silence on resurgence of influence-peddling scandal". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- Orlowski, Andrew (October 26, 2012). "Wales: Let's ban Gibraltar-crazy Wikipedians for 5 years". The Register. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Announcing a new Misplaced Pages criticism site | Wikipediocracy". Wikipediocracy. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- Poe, Marshall (September 2006). "The Hive". The Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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