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Wikipedia may be ‘The Free Encyclopedia,’ but that’s not stopping some editors from making a few bucks.


http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/12/wi...itors-for-hire/
thekohser
Thanks for this, Joy.

Another media piece about paid editing that failed to interview the world's first publicly-disclosed paid editing service related to Wikipedia. Oh well.
Eva Destruction
Why proofreaders shouldn't rely on a spellchecker alone without human cross-checking:

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I find it bizarre that the pubic media is now keeping tabs on Wikipedia’s internal arbitration system.
Not wrong per-se… just biz are.
antoniohernandez
Heh heh which is how I laugh in real life...it just struck me that if editing on WP forever and a day (meaning I vandalize then pretend to come in and save the day a gazillion times)--well, if that's something purporting to look good on a resume! Well, I'd say it's bout goddang time we gots fokls what talks good english like i do, writin what needs writ!! give em a damn job!! THAT will further civilization as we know and love it.

It's as if intelligence itself has committed suicide in this country.
carbuncle
QUOTE(antoniohernandez @ Sat 27th June 2009, 4:47am) *

Heh heh which is how I laugh in real life...it just struck me that if editing on WP forever and a day (meaning I vandalize then pretend to come in and save the day a gazillion times)--well, if that's something purporting to look good on a resume! Well, I'd say it's bout goddang time we gots fokls what talks good english like i do, writin what needs writ!! give em a damn job!! THAT will further civilization as we know and love it.

It's as if intelligence itself has committed suicide in this country.

Sorry, what country is this that you speak of?
CharlotteWebb
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sat 27th June 2009, 10:59am) *

QUOTE(antoniohernandez @ Sat 27th June 2009, 4:47am) *

It's as if intelligence itself has committed suicide in this country.

Sorry, what country is this that you speak of?

Illinois: one nation, under 55, unarmed, with flat land/taxes/justice for all, I fib you not.
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