Help, Help, we’re being turned into a social network!
So, over the last few weeks, the Wikimedia Foundation has been rolling out a couple of tools on Wikipedia. They don’t really impact on viewers – at least, not more than viewers want them to – but...
View ArticleAnother ban that’s beyond the veil
A couple of weeks ago the Belgian government approved a ban on wearing veils in public, which has now come into force. The law bans “any clothing that obscures the identity of the wearer in places like...
View ArticleIt’s about the riots – I think you better sit down…
So, London burns. Rioting, looting and death in the British capital, with no clear end in sight, although things seem to be winding down. The riots were (as most of us know) sparked by the police...
View ArticleWhy I Am Not An Inclusionist (And Other Essays)
Wikipedia is (very, very broadly speaking) divided into two groups when it comes to the subject of what articles to include – inclusionists and deletionists. As the names may suggest, inclusionists...
View ArticleWriter’s block
Sigh So, I have this work with the Open Rights Group, which primarily involves writing. And all my Wiki(m)edia related work, which involves content creation. Also known as writing. In my time with the...
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Who is a Wikimedian?
I’m lots of things in life – an asshole, a generalist, a psychiatric yo-yo – but I’m also both a Wikimedian and a Jew, and proud to identify as both.* Both Jews and Wikimedians occasionally face the...
View ArticleIt’s okay to be an editor and not to care about the movement
(not Movement, or Max McBride will forcibly castrate me). So, a couple of days ago I had a conversation on IRC about a project I’m working on for Gayle to provide some guidance to new staffers about...
View ArticlePhilip Roth and Wikipedia
This blog post, as with all the others I write, is written in my personal capacity as a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and not in my role with the Wikimedia...
View ArticlePhilip Roth – a followup
So, my previous blog post has got me this lifetime’s 15 minutes of fame via twitter (thanks, Jimmy). This has come as sorta a shock to me – I tend to write mostly for Wikipedians. I’m not used to...
View ArticleOn side-plots and subterfuge
Conversation on IRC sparked my internal gaming theorist; we were discussing System Shock 2, Deus Ex, that sort of game. Brandon has written most of what I have to say on the subject, but there’s one...
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