Comments on: Wikipedia Spin Jobs. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/ The Neat Side of the Web Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/#comment-187379 Jo Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:54:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/#comment-187379 your anonymity has been compromised, sure, but your freedom of speech remains unharmed your anonymity has been compromised, sure, but your freedom of speech remains unharmed

]]> By: anonymous http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/#comment-186555 anonymous Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:39:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/#comment-186555 I'm not at all happy about this. I made many edits to wikipedia from my old company about 3 years ago. The idea that my company should be smeared by my actions or my interests and corrections automatically mean that my old company believed in that is not just preposterous, it's exactly the kind of anti-communist work that Joe McCarthy did- guilt by association. My free speech has been hurt by this software. I’m not at all happy about this. I made many edits to wikipedia from my old company about 3 years ago. The idea that my company should be smeared by my actions or my interests and corrections automatically mean that my old company believed in that is not just preposterous, it’s exactly the kind of anti-communist work that Joe McCarthy did- guilt by association. My free speech has been hurt by this software.

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/#comment-186119 Chris Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:00:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/14/wikipedia-spin-jobs/#comment-186119 One would be naive to believe there is no influence in Wikipedia. Just look at the wars on controversial subjects like Communism. I myself had made corrected a couple of entries that were not fair and partial. So why a company, for example, would not try to "enhance the truth"? Let's say Mattel enhancing the truth on the toy safety fight, instead of speaking of Chinese labor and environmental concerns... Even if it's not corporately organized, it would be every employee interest that his company is best presented to the world. As long as you'll have counter-powers like the Griffith tool, you'll keep Wikipedia a *balanced* work, which makes it partial in the end. Let's keep an eye open. One would be naive to believe there is no influence in Wikipedia. Just look at the wars on controversial subjects like Communism. I myself had made corrected a couple of entries that were not fair and partial.
So why a company, for example, would not try to “enhance the truth”? Let’s say Mattel enhancing the truth on the toy safety fight, instead of speaking of Chinese labor and environmental concerns… Even if it’s not corporately organized, it would be every employee interest that his company is best presented to the world.

As long as you’ll have counter-powers like the Griffith tool, you’ll keep Wikipedia a *balanced* work, which makes it partial in the end.

Let’s keep an eye open.

]]>