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Hay festival 2008: Lee Siegel shouldn’t be so pessimistic about…
Guardian Unlimited – May 25, 2008
It’s a base on which to build. The result was part brilliant design and part accident. Allowing anyone to edit anything at any time was first meant to be a way to allow a much more traditional encyclopedia project – Nupedia – to have input from the public at large. But then the sandbox became the universe; the testing ground became the encyclopedia itself. Wikipedia surely has its share of problems with accuracy but it bests Sturgeon’s Law and it does so by combining some novel technical tools with social norms embraced by people of good faith… Allowing anyone to edit anything at any time was first meant to be a way to allow a much more traditional encyclopedia project – Nupedia – to have input from the public at large. But then the sandbox became the universe; the testing ground became the encyclopedia itself. Wikipedia surely has its share of problems with accuracy but it bests Sturgeon’s Law and it does so by combining some novel technical tools with social norms embraced by people of good faith. There are more earnest people working harder to see Wikipedia succeed than those wanting to vandalise or subvert it – so far – and the result is astonishing. I think that Lee Siegel might respond to this as he does to others who point out some of the applied virtues of the net: yes great there are good things too but can we get back to the other 90 per cent? The engineer’s solution – build enough space to house everything then just ignore the bad stuff – is likely not satisfying because Lee is among those whose profession or proclivity has put them in constant and painful contact with some of the most powerful crap online: social environments where people anonymously insult each other and reserve particular barbs and venom for those who vest their identities and work in the space in good faith. There’s probably no easy way to really understand how dispiriting it can be to find one’s carefully written work met with a series of catcalls and baseless accusations (Lee’s book has plenty of examples) with no way to know who is hurling them. That Lee sought to engage with them at all – understood among many bloggers to be a hopeless exercise – is worthy and noble and I don’t blame him for adopting an alter-ego to do so even as the ultimate result – an unmasking – was also an inevitable part of the narrative.
Challlenge Cup final: Steve Borthwick raises the pain barrier ahead…
Telegraph.co.uk – May 25, 2008
Yet he is rarely wrapped in the battle-encrusted imagery which is invariably used to describe lock forwards of his eminence. Indeed Wikipedia the on-line encyclopaedia barely mentions him at all. Although not always the most reliable indicator of worth Wikipedia dismisses Borthwick in a couple of paragraphs which for a man with his pedigree is an insult. bviously Martin Johnson much more the simmering menacing stereotype of a modern second-row forward sees something in him but what that might be is tricky to determine. There is no doubt that he is bright. A 2:1 in politics and economics from Bath University confirms that.
Sporting News – Your expert source for MLB Baseball NFL Football…
SportingNews.com – May 25, 2008
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League ne play-off: Doncaster v Leeds
Telegraph.co.uk – May 25, 2008
25: A quick question. Just how old is Neil Sullivan? Wikipedia sugests the Englishman who once played for Scotland (and of course Leeds) was born on February 22 1970 which would make him 38 and explains at least in part why he seems to have been playing for an age. Regardless of his age and heritage Sullivan has been equal to everything his former team have mustered against him. Leeds are pressing and send on Tresor Kandol to replace David Prutton. 14: Doncaster are deserving of their lead but will need to be wary of inviting Leeds back into the game byu sitting back and enjoying their lead.
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