Comments on: Democrats Use Fake Wikipedia To Attack McCain

By: Sohan

Sohan — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:42:44 +0000

There is a difference between a wiki (an open-content online software platform) and Wikipedia (a specific implementation of wiki software designed for use as an encyclopedia). MediaWiki (which Wikipedia uses) and other wiki platforms are usually free and open-source, so anyone can set one up (and many already have, from young-earth creationists to quantum theorists). There is no such thing as a “fake wiki”, and the only way the Dems could have set up a “fake Wikipedia” on McCain is if they set up a wiki using the Wikipedia logo and look, which they clearly have not done.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:03:58 +0000

Wikipedia did not invent the idea of the wiki so it cannot be an affront to them (wikiwikiweb is widely cited as the fist wiki site). But I guess if you did your research, you would not be writing on this site.

By: Circeus

Circeus — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:01:55 +0000

If conservatives can have a conservapedia, why shouldn’t the liberal be allowed to create their own wiki?

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:16:54 +0000

p.s.: Here's a list of English-language sites using MediaWiki. That list is far from complete.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:14:16 +0000

Note that anyone can set up a site using the same software. The software’s called MediaWiki, you can get it from http://www.mediawiki.org/ . The default “skin”, Monobook, is the same one Wikipedia uses by default, so sites will look a lot like Wikipedia out of the box. It’s also used a lot for office intranet wikis (e.g. I set one up at work). For anyone who has a use for massively multiplayer online Notepad

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:34:22 +0000

I imagine reading Smith’s comments is like suffering through someone trying to talk about the symphony while at a rock concert. Yeah it’s all music but it sure misses the point. Try and keep up Smithy. It ain’t that hard.

By: Simon Smith

Simon Smith — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:05:00 +0000

I imagine wikipedians feel much as the average car driver feels when a get-away car is used in a bank robbery: it’s not a good thing, but it has little of nothing to do with us.

Your conflation of wiki and wikipedia demonstrates only your limited grasp of the facts at your disposal, and says little about either subject.

By: regularron

regularron — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:00:13 +0000

It maybe a slap to the face of the creators of Wiki, but I find it to be pretty imaginative. I’m not saying I agree with the sites content (even thought I will not be voting for McCain).

Hey, the propaganda war needs to be conducted. As much as we “don’t like it”, I can think of a few “conservative” sites that will be doing the same to Obama.

Go after his charactor and his “friends”. Sound filmilar?