tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post5840016751393547468..comments2024-03-27T13:58:49.915+01:00Comments on Words and what not: Linguist List's Wikipedia Update VoteGerardMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287269079265427282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-74657576217435170942007-04-05T08:02:00.000+02:002007-04-05T08:02:00.000+02:00Success!Success!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14574882155625531497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-80573612730105397172007-04-04T15:04:00.000+02:002007-04-04T15:04:00.000+02:00Obviously, this represents a huge conflict of inte...Obviously, this represents a huge conflict of interest, which should be covered by WP:COI. The Linguistics faculty at Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University will stand to benefit in both prestige and compensation (for their books and lectures, etc.) if the field of linguistics is promoted in this way on Wikipedia. The resulting paid grad student contributions will obviously be nothing but homages to the professors who pay him or her this money. I can guess that the resulting articles will be utter "travesties of NPOV" and nothing but "PR puff pieces".<BR/><BR/>Of course, I am kidding. But, do you see the utter ridiculousness of this line of reasoning, as it was applied by Jimmy Wales and many of the seniormost Wikipedia admin community when it concerned MyWikiBiz (whose purpose was to write factual, encyclopedic content about business and industry -- not to gen up spammy commercials for Wikipedia). The Wikimedia Foundation has, so far, really missed the boat by not learning how to work WITH business, rather than just taking the easy, usual PARANOID approach. Sigh.Gregory Kohshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207068772106028805noreply@blogger.com