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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. Its contributors have documented problems with Misplaced Pages and its parent corporation the Wikimedia Foundation and have sometimes provided journalists with background information on these problems.
Mission
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.'"
Daily Dot reporter Kevin Morris said in an opinion piece that the website is "known for digging up dirt on Misplaced Pages's top brass."
Media activity
Wikipediocracy contributors have investigated problems, conflicts, and controversies associated with Misplaced Pages. One investigation pointed out an editor likely to be responsible for a hoax article on the "Bicholim conflict" which lasted five years on Misplaced Pages before being challenged. More recently, Wikipediocracy members contacted Salon.com reporter Andrew Leonard to alert him about the "Qworty fiasco", providing background information on Misplaced Pages editor Qworty and writer Robert Clark Young. This background information led to Leonard's writing an article, Revenge, Ego, and the Corruption of Misplaced Pages, which published the fact that "revenge editor" Qworty was indeed Young.
Wikipediocracy contributors made allegations of problems with Misplaced Pages. For instance, when the Russian government threatened to shut down the Russian Misplaced Pages if it refused to delete descriptions of marijuana paraphernalia,The Daily Dot reporter Kevin Morris used Wikipediocracy's Twitter feed to document deletions by editors of the Russian Misplaced Pages, which included every description of "inhalation devices".
The assistance of Wikipediocracy members has been acknowledged by news stories covering Jimmy Wales's relationship with the government of Kazakhstan and also covering the Gibraltarpedia controversy. Wikipediocracy blogger Roger Hogsky reported on what appeared to be persistent vandalism to Misplaced Pages from IP addresses owned by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). WMF spokesman Jay Walsh responded to Daily Dot reporter Kevin Morris, stating that "The alleged addresses are not WMF office IP addresses (in other words they didn't take place from within the Foundation). They're WMF server (the servers that host all of the Wikimedia projects) IP addresses that were assigned to some edits due to a misconfiguration." Morris tested Walsh's contention and proffered the opinion that it was accurate.
Commercial ownership
Gregory Kohs, owner of MyWikiBiz, is a contributor to Wikipediocracy and owns the domain registration for Wikipediocracy.
See also
References
- "wikipediocracy.com info". alexa.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Leonard, Andrew (May 17, 2013). "Revenge, ego and the corruption of Misplaced Pages". Salon.com. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "Wikipediocracy". Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ Morris, Kevin (23 April 2013). "Misplaced Pages says its staffers are not vandalizing Misplaced Pages". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- Morris, Kevin (January 1, 2013). "After a half-decade, massive Misplaced Pages hoax finally exposed". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ Nichols, Martha; Berry, Lorraine (May 20, 2013). "What Should We Do About Misplaced Pages?". Talking Writing. Retrieved 20 May 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.
- 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 (26 October 2012). "Wales: Let's ban Gibraltar-crazy Wikipedians for 5 years". The Register. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- Hogsky, Roger. "Busy day at the Wikimedia Foundation office?". Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- "Announcing a new Misplaced Pages criticism site | Wikipediocracy". Wikipediocracy. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- Kohs, Gregory. "Cover-up begins in Misplaced Pages's Gibraltar scandal". Wikipediocracy. Retrieved 21 May 2013.