Damn! I missed this article before it got deleted. Probably was a hoot.
An anon got in a good one though -- a cite to a psych journal article: Psychologist finds Wikipedians grumpy and closed-minded. In other news Sun continues to rise in East!
Full Version: Stereotypes of highly-committed Wikipedia editors
QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 21st October 2009, 8:15am) 
Damn! I missed this article before it got deleted. Probably was a hoot.
An anon got in a good one though -- a cite to a psych journal article: Psychologist finds Wikipedians grumpy and closed-minded. In other news Sun continues to rise in East!
Closed by Jayjg. Thought he had gone underground.
Must keep up.
Not too much to it.
In a clear indication of the extent to which Wikipedia has permeated the popular consciousness of the developed world, the stereotype of a highly committed Wikipedia editor is now quite commonly understood. That some individuals consider the unusually persistent editor to be a humorous idea is demonstrated by the fact that this concept has even been discussed in mainstream, profit-seeking media.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet</ref>
Whether it is a sub-set of the apparently humorous idea of a individual who spends large amounts of time with their computer, or merely a observation that editing highly obscure articles is relatively useless to general society, enough humour has been found in the concept of a wiki-editing subculture that this comic idea has persisted for a number of years. <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/17/internet.digitalmedia</ref>
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In a clear indication of the extent to which Wikipedia has permeated the popular consciousness of the developed world, the stereotype of a highly committed Wikipedia editor is now quite commonly understood. That some individuals consider the unusually persistent editor to be a humorous idea is demonstrated by the fact that this concept has even been discussed in mainstream, profit-seeking media.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet</ref>
Whether it is a sub-set of the apparently humorous idea of a individual who spends large amounts of time with their computer, or merely a observation that editing highly obscure articles is relatively useless to general society, enough humour has been found in the concept of a wiki-editing subculture that this comic idea has persisted for a number of years. <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/17/internet.digitalmedia</ref>
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