Comments for Daveydweeb.blog http://daveydweeb.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on Citizendium struggles to convert publicity into content by Philip http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/14/citizendium-struggles-to-convert-publicity-into-content/#comment-2107 Philip Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:30:25 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/14/citizendium-fails-to-convert-publicity-into-content/#comment-2107 Hmm ... even this happens. Hmm … even this happens.

]]> Comment on About by bibomedia http://daveydweeb.com/about/#comment-2106 bibomedia Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:20:43 +0000 /about/#comment-2106 :) :)

]]> Comment on Apparently, I’m awesome by daveydweeb http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2100 daveydweeb Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:48:55 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2100 It's ironic, Geoff, that I only learned about that list.. err, yesterday. :D Enough of this modesty. It’s ironic, Geoff, that I only learned about that list.. err, yesterday. :D

Enough of this modesty.

]]> Comment on Apparently, I’m awesome by llywrch http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2096 llywrch Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:21:52 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2096 Thanks for the mention, but I don't know if I deserve the compliment of "one of the most knowledgeable Wikipedians", inasmuch as I learned about that list on meta from you. Reading your post, in fact. Geoff Thanks for the mention, but I don’t know if I deserve the compliment of “one of the most knowledgeable Wikipedians”, inasmuch as I learned about that list on meta from you. Reading your post, in fact.

Geoff

]]> Comment on Apparently, I’m awesome by daveydweeb http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2094 daveydweeb Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:06:21 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2094 Aah, I hadn't noticed that link. :) Aah, I hadn’t noticed that link. :)

]]> Comment on Apparently, I’m awesome by David Gerard http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2093 David Gerard Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:47:44 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/03/10/apparently-im-awesome/#comment-2093 Open WikiBlogPlanet is a bit different to the main WikiBlogPlanet, in that you can in fact "Edit This Planet." So far I've been doing most of the feed-adding ... Nick Jenkins set up Open after the main one was starting to resemble a work bottleneck. And that's not what we have wikis for. Open WikiBlogPlanet is a bit different to the main WikiBlogPlanet, in that you can in fact “Edit This Planet.” So far I’ve been doing most of the feed-adding … Nick Jenkins set up Open after the main one was starting to resemble a work bottleneck. And that’s not what we have wikis for.

]]> Comment on Citizendium isn’t interested in your opinion by Fully agree with Chris http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/07/citizendium-isnt-interested-in-your-opinion/#comment-2083 Fully agree with Chris Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:43:59 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/07/citizendium-isnt-interested-in-your-opinion/#comment-2083 I fully agree with the above opinion. Being disillusioned with Wikipedia, I thought I'd join Citizendium. Then I've realised these two men - Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger - have issues between each other. The battle of the egos more like. And caught in the middle are countless of contributors giving their time and knowledge for free for some higher noble cause (or less ignoble causes) such as an open encyclopedia. Until these two men sort their disagreements out as the proverbial goes: we are f**ked. I'll leave my contributions to more worthwhile things (such as advancing my academic career) rather than involving myself into some petty personal politics of the two. An openpedia with Jimmy or Larry? Yawn. I'll wait for a more professional, uninvolved third person for Webpedia 2.0 Might create one myself. You never know. I fully agree with the above opinion. Being disillusioned with Wikipedia, I thought I’d join Citizendium. Then I’ve realised these two men - Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger - have issues between each other. The battle of the egos more like. And caught in the middle are countless of contributors giving their time and knowledge for free for some higher noble cause (or less ignoble causes) such as an open encyclopedia.

Until these two men sort their disagreements out as the proverbial goes: we are f**ked.

I’ll leave my contributions to more worthwhile things (such as advancing my academic career) rather than involving myself into some petty personal politics of the two.

An openpedia with Jimmy or Larry? Yawn. I’ll wait for a more professional, uninvolved third person for Webpedia 2.0

Might create one myself. You never know.

]]> Comment on How to influence people by Jon http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/27/how-to-influence-people/#comment-2078 Jon Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:05:28 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/27/how-to-influence-people/#comment-2078 Davey, Larry's actions lately seem increasingly confrontational. I don't know him, so I don't feel qualified to form any opinions on him as a person. But his behavior is increasingly...intriguing. I blogged about his latest Jimbo attack on my blog (blog.valuewiki.com) today. I struggled to maintain an objective tone, but I'm not sure I succeeded! Jon Davey,

Larry’s actions lately seem increasingly confrontational. I don’t know him, so I don’t feel qualified to form any opinions on him as a person. But his behavior is increasingly…intriguing.

I blogged about his latest Jimbo attack on my blog (blog.valuewiki.com) today.

I struggled to maintain an objective tone, but I’m not sure I succeeded!

Jon

]]> Comment on Baby steps forward by James http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/26/baby-steps-forward/#comment-2068 James Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:05:30 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/26/baby-steps-forward/#comment-2068 I don't like Meta's "List of articles every Wikipedia should have;" it's too centered on the West. I don’t like Meta’s “List of articles every Wikipedia should have;” it’s too centered on the West.

]]> Comment on Citizendium isn’t interested in your opinion by Chris http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/07/citizendium-isnt-interested-in-your-opinion/#comment-2057 Chris Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:09:15 +0000 http://daveydweeb.com/2007/02/07/citizendium-isnt-interested-in-your-opinion/#comment-2057 Well this is massively disappointing. I've been editing Wikipedia on and off since around 2004 (not that that's anything remarkable or anything) and have really come to detest it. I was quite optimistic about Citizendium until reading this, which basically demonstrates that some of the same flaws inherent in Wikipedia (cliques, elitism*, uncivility, politics, etc.) are also embedded in this project. Sanger's opinion of David's intentions and behavior might be completely justified for all I know, but his attitude is offputting; telling people to "grow up" and whatnot is not - in my opinion - an acceptable way to run a project, not to mention extremely bad PR. Making private emails public is also a poor way to behave if you ask me, but Sanger is going to have to realise that this will probably be inevitable (a la Wikitruth). * Giving higher priority to those with credentials/experience is something I totally agree with. Giving people preferential treatment based on how many vandal reverts they make, or discounting new editors opinions based purely on the length of time they've been part of the project rather than their arguments themselves, and the like, is not. Well this is massively disappointing. I’ve been editing Wikipedia on and off since around 2004 (not that that’s anything remarkable or anything) and have really come to detest it. I was quite optimistic about Citizendium until reading this, which basically demonstrates that some of the same flaws inherent in Wikipedia (cliques, elitism*, uncivility, politics, etc.) are also embedded in this project.

Sanger’s opinion of David’s intentions and behavior might be completely justified for all I know, but his attitude is offputting; telling people to “grow up” and whatnot is not - in my opinion - an acceptable way to run a project, not to mention extremely bad PR. Making private emails public is also a poor way to behave if you ask me, but Sanger is going to have to realise that this will probably be inevitable (a la Wikitruth).

* Giving higher priority to those with credentials/experience is something I totally agree with. Giving people preferential treatment based on how many vandal reverts they make, or discounting new editors opinions based purely on the length of time they’ve been part of the project rather than their arguments themselves, and the like, is not.

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