{"id":3417,"date":"2013-05-19T10:48:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T16:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2014-08-10T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T21:10:32","slug":"revenge-ego-and-the-corruption-of-wikipedia-salon-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/19\/revenge-ego-and-the-corruption-of-wikipedia-salon-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia &#8211; Salon.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3418\" alt=\"1990-001b_wm\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm-300x267.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm.png 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This is the second time in just a few days that <a title=\"A few thoughts on \u201cOpen Access\u201d Journals\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/18\/a-few-thoughts-on-open-access-journals\/\">something related to reputation and credentials<\/a> has come up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/05\/17\/revenge_ego_and_the_corruption_of_wikipedia\/\">Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia &#8211; Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things media and education experts and advocates often like to highlight is how modern technology makes it possible for everyone to be a producer as well as a consumer.<\/p>\n<p>Well, all this technology may make it *possible* for everyone to be a producer, but not everyone *should* be. Perhaps it just because I&#8217;m old, but I think credentials and reputation are still important. &#8220;Says who?&#8221; is a valid question, and if we are being asked to believe something, we should get to see who is saying it.<\/p>\n<p>Further, as flawed as they are, editor oversight and the peer review process are\u00a0 still infinitely better than no review process at all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><object id=\"plugin0\" style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 1000;\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" type=\"application\/x-dgnria\"><param name=\"tabId\" value=\"undefined\" \/><param name=\"counter\" value=\"39\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3417'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3417);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3417);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3417);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>This is the second time in just a few days that something related to reputation and credentials has come up. Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia &#8211; Salon.com. One of the things media and education experts and advocates often &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/19\/revenge-ego-and-the-corruption-of-wikipedia-salon-com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[388,94,212,211],"class_list":["post-3417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-academia","tag-publishing","tag-research","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-T7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5868,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/05\/what-could-be-gained-if-every-course-at-your-school-were-gamified\/","url_meta":{"origin":3417,"position":0},"title":"What Could Be Gained If Every Course at Your School Were Gamified?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What if all\u00a0instructors could\u00a0access the students' badges (or other credentials). 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By The Editors Robert Stolarik for The New York Times In a Room for Debate forum in June on the value of liberal arts master\u2019s degrees, one group of readers \u2014 teachers and education administrators\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2840,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/17\/coursera-gamification-curiouser-and-curiouser-cheating-in-a-course-with-no-credentials\/","url_meta":{"origin":3417,"position":4},"title":"Coursera Gamification: Curiouser and Curiouser &#8211; Cheating in a course with no credentials.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems that people out here at the Interwebs are searching around using the problem statement in the (my) coursera gamification course. 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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. \u2014George Orwell That art at least discusses 'artspeak' is refreshing. 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