LibraryPlanet.comA Librarian's Look at the World at LargeThe Power of the Wikipedia Editor- April 17, 2008 I have been highly critical of Wikipedia in the past for the penchant of some self-styled Guardians of what should be allowed in Wikipedia deleting content. But since most of the time, those were issues regarding who was or not a web celebrity they didn&8217;t matter too much in the greater scheme of things. But the potential for abuse was still there. Take, for example, the Wikipedia entry for Naomi Oreskes. Read this version and this later one. Notice the differences. Then read the revision.http://www.libraryplanet.com/2008/04/17/wikipedia TextDrive vs. Textpattern- April 7, 2008 Once upon a time, TextDrive was started with a certain idea in mind. TextDrive was founded in 2004 by Dean Allen, and was originally conceived as a managed hosting service for users of his Textpattern content-management system. In an unusual move, Allen offered lifetime hosting accounts, at a one-time price of USD$199, to the first two hundred customers in lieu of seeking venture capital; this initial group was dubbed the &8220;VC 200&8221;. The scope of the company quickly moved beyond...http://www.libraryplanet.com/2008/04/07/textdrive |