Tag: wikipedia
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The Mandarins
A few days ago I created a new text document on my desktop–the way I almost always jot down notes when I’m at the computer–and titled it “the mandarins” and put this inside: I used to believe that the world was controlled by extraordinary individuals who were somehow different than people like me. I’ve come […]
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In Defense of Wikipedia
For those not following closely, it’s probably news that Wikipedia’s management structure–Wikipedia has a management structure?–is being critiqued because of what The Register, an online technology newspaper, said was new evidence that “the site’s top administrators are using a secret insider mailing list to crackdown on perceived threats to their power.” You can read all […]