I've already made my obligatory reply, showing how Durova actually obstructed, rather than assisted, when I had a problem with libel against me on Wikipedia. Guess why? It was
Durova who defamed me!
While there are tons of gems in her article, maybe my favorite quote was this:
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Actually I have no problem with people clearing up obvious vandalism. The question professionals need to ask is, could an opponent put political spin on innocuous edits at campaign time? Jimbo Wales edited his own biography a couple of times and came under harsh criticism for it, even though he was only clearing out inaccuracies.
Would those inaccuracies include the
many times when Jimbo "
cleared out" the notion that
Larry Sanger helped found Wikipedia? Or, would it be the
many times he "
cleared out" the notion that his Bomis project
included pornography? Or was it simply when he tried to "
clear out" some of
his financial holdings?
Man, I miss the days when Jimbo was allowed to "
clear out inaccuracies" about himself on his Wikipedia biography.
It's too bad we can't go back in time to check out the old "Bomis Babes Report" and judge for ourselves whether it was pornographic or not -- the Archive.org index of Bomis.com
has been blocked. I wonder who arranged for that?
Wikipedia's awesome, isn't it? Thank God for Jimbo, Durova, and all their friends for keeping the rest of the world on the "right path" of understanding.
Greg