Episode 69: Sixth Sense
Released: January 16 2009

WikipediaWeekly Episode 69. RNA Biology in Wikipedia.
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Participants:

Roundtable Topics

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Podcaster's Picks

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Critical Issues and 2009 Predictions

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  • Deletionism
    • IS Wikipedia news/journalism, distinction?
    • Wikipedia becoming more like a conventional encyclopedia?
    • Effects of deletion (discourages authors, maintains exemplar standards, restores low-hanging fruit, destroys quirky content that flourished early on...)
    • Jimbo in 2003: "if someone wants to write an article about their high school, we should relax and accommodate them" (see this current AfD)
  • Policies in conflict? Phil Sandifer's argument that NPOV and NOR contradict for some types of content (especially in the humanities)
  • Arbitration
  • Conflict of interest, undue influence?
  • Stratification of Wikipedian society?
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