Block, SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
2,947
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 38:
Line 38: − + Line 56:
Line 56: + + + + + + + + + +
Disturbed character (view source)
Revision as of 17:03, December 22, 2013
, 17:03, December 22, 2013→Examples: Wikipedia
==Examples==
==Examples==
===Science===
===[[Science]]===
In his historical lecture at Sorbonne University in 1864, [[Louis Pasteur]] denounced the doctrine of [[spontaneous generation]], supported by [[evolutionist]]s of his day<ref>{{cite web
In his historical lecture at Sorbonne University in 1864, [[Louis Pasteur]] denounced the doctrine of [[spontaneous generation]], supported by [[evolutionist]]s of his day<ref>{{cite web
|title=Comte de Buffon
|title=Comte de Buffon
|year=1930
|year=1930
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PCteAAAAIAAJ&q=Clemenceau+Tiger&dq=Clemenceau+Tiger&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=1pWvUq7iFoW0tAa0ioBI&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ}}</ref>, waited for an opportunity to thwart Pasteur and his methods.<ref name="Debré"/> In 1886 Clemenceau joined Pasteur's adversaries who tried to discredit his method of antirabies vaccination whenever a death of patient occurred. They were ready to unleash hostile campaigns in the French press that was always looking for scandal and also in the scientific press, that had gained an important position in society since the first half of the nineteenth century. What was at stake here was the very future of the vaccines.<ref name="Debré"/> Pasteur however had no doubts about the effectiveness of his vaccine. He made sure that every last hostile article based on manipulative, aggressive and false accusations, whether in the general press or in specialized journals, received his response in which he defended his findings and conclusions he had drawn from them. Instead of using the same underhand means he faced, Pasteur showed science in action and personified the march of progress. At the same time, Pasteur's aggressive adversaries were consumed by envy and "cast into the shadowy realm of the wicked", along with other archaic opponents of his method.<ref name="Debré">{{cite book |title=Louis Pasteur|author=Patrice Debré|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|place=Baltimore and London|year=1998|pages=454-456|isbn=978-0801-865299|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RzOcl-FLw30C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Patrice+Debre+Louis+Pasteur&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=WpSvUvLLLYXYtAbtwICgBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Tiger&f=false|quote=...two other witnesses, both hostile to Pasteur method. ...and a little doctor in a black frock coat by the name of Georges Clemenceau. The future Tiger was indeed a fierce opponent of Pasteur. ...}}</ref>
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PCteAAAAIAAJ&q=Clemenceau+Tiger&dq=Clemenceau+Tiger&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=1pWvUq7iFoW0tAa0ioBI&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ}}</ref>, waited for an opportunity to thwart Pasteur and his methods.<ref name="Debré"/> In 1886 Clemenceau joined Pasteur's adversaries who tried to discredit his method of antirabies vaccination whenever a death of patient occurred. They were ready to unleash hostile campaigns in the French press that was always looking for scandal and also in the scientific press, that had gained an important position in society since the first half of the nineteenth century. What was at stake here was the very future of the vaccines.<ref name="Debré"/> Pasteur however had no doubts about the effectiveness of his vaccine. He made sure that every last hostile article based on manipulative, aggressive and false accusations, whether in the general press or in specialized journals, received his response in which he defended his findings and conclusions he had drawn from them. Instead of using the same underhand means he faced, Pasteur showed science in action and personified the march of progress. At the same time, Pasteur's aggressive adversaries were consumed by envy and "cast into the shadowy realm of the wicked", along with other archaic opponents of his method.<ref name="Debré">{{cite book |title=Louis Pasteur|author=Patrice Debré|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|place=Baltimore and London|year=1998|pages=454-456|isbn=978-0801-865299|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RzOcl-FLw30C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Patrice+Debre+Louis+Pasteur&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=WpSvUvLLLYXYtAbtwICgBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Tiger&f=false|quote=...two other witnesses, both hostile to Pasteur method. ...and a little doctor in a black frock coat by the name of Georges Clemenceau. The future Tiger was indeed a fierce opponent of Pasteur. ...}}</ref>
===[[Wikipedia]]===
Although Wikipedia (WP) can be regarded as usable on very technical matters, on subjects with popular appeal it often requires a moderation by so called ArbCom (Arbitration Commission) which is however usually, despite the claims on neutrality, very [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia|biased]] when trying to solve the disputes of editors. It has been claimed that there are some rather disturbed individuals that run WP via this ArbCom and the cadre of Administrators so that the members of the American Psychological Society (lately renamed to The Association for Psychological Science) should step in and have a rather unique function to mitigate this major defect of WP which is expected to ''"raise its head"''.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Wikipedia is the Encyclopedia that Anybody Can Edit. But Have You?: Comments
|publisher=The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society)
|author=john brews
|date=August 5, 2011
|url=http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2010/december-10/anyone-can-edit-wikipedia-have-you.html#.UI166YbAGCc
|quote=As a professor of electrical engineering who contributed a great deal to WP, I would like to suggest that the members of the APS have a rather unique function to play there. My experience with WP has been fine on very technical matters, but on subjects with popular appeal there are very active and peculiar Talk page discussions that in my case led to eventual expulsion from WP. My take is that there are some rather disturbed individuals that run WP via ArbCom and the cadre of Administrators. I wonder if possibly APS members will be able to devise a useful method to deal with this major defect of WP, which I suspect indeed will raise its head.
|accessdate=2012-20-28}}</ref> The editors and administrators who are supported by ArbCom often exhibit antisocial tendencies such as breaking the civility rules (''"No one gives a shit about bible verses, Convervapedia is that way"'') when dealing with people who differ in opinions compared to their own.<ref>{{cite web |author=Noformation|date=0:38, 12 December 2011 (UTC) |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Stephfo&diff=prev&oldid=465515202}}</ref>
== Notes ==
== Notes ==