Why Wikipedia sucks

Update:This is a very old post, and the problem has since been rectified, but it still serves as an example of one of the major problems with Wikipedia – that being that once somebody gets moderator status they’re free to bend Wikipedia to their will. There’s practically no recourse for somebody who’s been banned from editing – whether for legit reasons or for reasons like I mention below. That’s one of the major problems with the site, and why I think the admin policy of Wikipedia sucks.

I’ve been banned from wikipedia. I’m not allowed to edit anything anymore. Did I spam? Nope. Was I vulgar? Nope. All I did was add relevant links to an article (and not even links to my own sites)

The article I’m talking about is the one on Internet Slang.

I not only added links to my own site: noslang.com (an authority site on internet slang according to Google, Kim Kommando, Ken Leebow, Wired, NBC etc..) but to a few other slang dictionaries and slang related sites as well. These included:

NoSlang Internet Slang Translator

Internet Acronym Dictionary

Internet Abbreviation Dictionary

British Internet Slang Dictionary

NetLingo – downloadable internet slang dictionary

Do any of these sites seem irrelevant?

Ordinarily I wouldn’t be mad.. but Some Mod on a Power Trip, AbsolutDan seems to think that only the site: FOLDOC.org deserves to be linked there. He’s painstakenly removed every other site.

What’s so great about this site and not the others? Why is it given preferential treatment? Does Dan have a relationship with this site? My guess is probably.

It’s sad to see that wikipedia admins can go on power trips like this. What’s worse is, all of these sites were linked on wikipedia at one time, and have been there for over a year. All I did was put them all (not just mine) back after some crazy admin removed them all.

Since I can’t edit it… if anybody else wants to help out in this cause, simply copy and paste the following wikipedia code:

==External links==<br /> * [http://foldoc.org FOLDOC — Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing]<br /> * [http://www.noslang.com NoSlang Internet Slang Translator]<br /> * [http://www.AcronymFinder.com Internet Acronym Dictionary]<br /> * [http://www.Abbreviationz.com Internet Abbreviation Dictionary]<br /> * [http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang British Internet Slang Dictionary]<br /> * [http://www.NetLingo.com NetLingo – downloadable internet slang dictionary]<br />

and head on over to the Wikipedia Article and look for the Edit button for external links.

10 comments October 19th, 2006