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|name = <!--full official name of person--> | |||
|age = Grandfather (of six)<sup>([[WikiIndex talk:Prohibited content#Controversial sites|ref]])</sup> <!--leave blank if unknown--> | |||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |||
|other names= Abd <!--wiki username(s), other nickname(s); leave blank if none/unknown--> | |||
|nationality= {{tag|United States|American}} | |||
|languages = {{language|en|N}}<!--eg: English, Spanish, Japanese etc; ideally tag with babels, eg: {{language|fi|N}}{{language|en|3}}{{language|de|5}}--> | |||
|residence = {{tag|Wiki People from the United States|USA}} <!--city, state, country; tag the latter, eg {{tag|Wiki People from Germany|Germany}}, etc; leave blank if unknown--> | |||
|home wiki = [[English Wikiversity]]<!--wikilink to WikiIndex article(s); leave blank if unknown--> | |||
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'''Abd''' is a long-term student of [[:Category:Consensus|consensus]] process, and anticipated much of the [[Wikisphere|wiki movement]]. However, the 800 lb gorilla, the [[English Wikipedia]], was naive about consensus process and the community did not realize that it is far from 'quick'. That is, the basic operation of the [[wiki]] could indeed be quick, ad hoc, and it was not surprising that this worked as well as it did. However, for the project to be [[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]] (express a neutral point of view), genuine consensus process was needed. Outside of narrow circumstances where high consensus is relatively natural, this requires deep discussion and often skilled facilitation. | |||
So Wikipedia failed to be neutral. It has ideals of neutrality, and often meets them, but never became reliable, because of a lack of structure that would make this happen. | So Wikipedia failed to be neutral. It has ideals of neutrality, and often meets them, but never became reliable, because of a lack of structure that would make this happen. | ||
As a Wikipedian, first editing in 2005, I eventually came across an abusive [[blacklist]]ing of a web site that is a library of permitted copies of published on cold fusion, | As a [[Wikipedian]], first editing in [[:Category:FoundedIn2005|2005]], I eventually came across an abusive [[blacklist]]ing of a web site that is a library of permitted copies of published on cold fusion, [http://LENR-CANR.org LENR-CANR.org]. I confronted this entirely on process grounds, my opinion about cold fusion at that time was the standard one: fascinating discovery, announced in 1989, that was unfortunately unconfirmed. I was wrong, very wrong, on that. However, the [[Wikipedia Arbitration Committee]] confirmed my complaint, and then I discovered how totally useless this was. They reprimanded the [[Sysop|administrator]], who then proceeded to retaliate in every way possible, and his friends did, as well. | ||
Wikipedia is vulnerable to factional editing and administration. It is not a violation of policy. It can be difficult to detect, it takes research and objective analysis to do this. And that takes a lot of time, and nobody has the time. If someone does the research | Wikipedia is vulnerable to factional editing and administration. It is not a violation of policy. It can be difficult to detect, it takes research and objective analysis to do this. And that takes a lot of time, and nobody has the time. If someone does the research — I did — the community will assume that someone who is crazy enough to put in that much time and effort *must be* a POV-pusher. | ||
And so it goes. My home wiki is now [[English | And so it goes. My home wiki is now [[English Wikiversity]], where I am active, and where I have been [[sysop]] a number of times. Because [[:Category:Wikiversity|Wikiversity]] allows, and allows subpages in mainspace, and implements neutrality inclusively instead of exclusively, there is little content conflict on Wikiversity, and [[:Category:Education|educational]] resources may be developed there with high depth, while maintaining overall neutrality (if the maintainers of the resource care to make it so, and we know how to do it). | ||
[[Category:AccountUsed2014]] | [[Category:AccountUsed2014]] | ||
[[Category:AccountUsed2015]] | [[Category:AccountUsed2015]] | ||