Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote:
Marc, you comment is not very optimistic, but it was a great
incentive to do what I announced above. Hopefully others will be more
encouraged to voice their ideas about other matters, knowing they'll
find a friendly hear and some useful and very welcome
Behavior on many projects IS outrageous; when someone complains the
response is almost universally that the foundation doesn't get
involved in local project business.
Mark
skype: node.ue
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ray Saintongesainto...@telus.net wrote:
Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote:
Fred Bauder wrote:
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the
character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Gerard
Meijssengerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
The signpost is something of the English Wikipedia. I do not frequent there.
Also you are wrong on principles when you expect people of this list to give
the English Wikipedia all their attention. This is
Hoi,
Is this blog syndicated on either of the two ? That would be the obvious
thing to get it read :)
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/6/29 phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Gerard
Meijssengerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
The signpost is something of the
Talking about antisocial... It's quite interesting what I experienced
in this very list.
I wasn't aware of the study published in the New Scientist until I
read about it here on the list, and appreciate the information very much.
Earlier this month I wrote about my perception of the same
The most significant problem, Virgilio, is that there isn't too much people
on this list can do. Unless and until problems become so clear that steward
or Foundation action are obviously called for, there is unlikely to be much
concrete action at all. Since we can't impose a solution to the
Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Thanks for the comments
from Marc, Nathan and Steven. I'm hurrying this response in an
attempt to keep the subject alive for a little longer and generate
some interest from others.
Marc, you comment is not very optimistic, but it was a great
Steven Walling wrote:
1. You're wrong. Just today I myself received some kind words offlist, but
related to a thread. Just because you're not getting the air of friendliness
you desire (at this moment anyway), doesn't mean friendliness doesn't exist.
Getting friendly words offlist, says
You can find the original study at:
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/cpb.2007.0225?cookieSet=1
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/cpb.2007.0225?cookieSet=1apparently
they used a pre-existing questionairre called the
BFI Questionnaire (probably stands for Big Five
Eddie Tejeda ed...@... writes:
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69
Tisza Gergő wrote:
Eddie Tejeda ed...@... writes:
ithttp://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16349-psychologist-finds-wikipedians-grumpy-and-closedminded.html,
Wikipedians are generally grumpy, disagreeable, and closed to new
ideas.'
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70
non-Wikipedians.
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the
character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the
character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70
I concur with Phil. That thing is more press stunt than it is a conclusive
scientific study. The key thing that makes me discount it is, just like in a
survey of articles, Wikipedia as a community is both gargantuan and diverse.
The motivation and character of the long tail of contributors who
While not exactly science, having gone to more than one Wikipedia picnic to
break bread with my fellow contributors ... the conclusions seem pretty
accurate to me.
DM
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comwrote:
I concur with Phil. That thing is more press
on 6/27/09 6:35 PM, David Moran at fordmadoxfr...@gmail.com wrote:
While not exactly science, having gone to more than one Wikipedia picnic to
break bread with my fellow contributors ... the conclusions seem pretty
accurate to me.
DM
And, until that changes, the Project will grow only in
Marc Riddell wrote:
on 6/27/09 6:35 PM, David Moran at fordmadoxfr...@gmail.com wrote:
While not exactly science, having gone to more than one Wikipedia
picnic to break bread with my fellow contributors ... the
conclusions seem pretty accurate to me.
DM
And, until that changes, the
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Eddie Tejedaed...@visudo.com wrote:
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
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