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Re:Professor tells 1700 students to edit Wikipedia, 85% plag... by ryanholiday on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @05:07PM (#5482098)
Right, this thread should just be deleted until someone writes a story about it. The page is unreadable--like most of Wikipedia's talk pages...and then they wonder why normal people don't participate.
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Re:Professor tells 1700 students to edit Wikipedia, 85% plag... by vacri on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @06:25PM (#5482598)
You make it sound like 'normal' people discuss things in a calm manner and are never affected by things like tunnel vision, irrationality, or ignoring the other person while waiting for your turn to speak.
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Re:Professor tells 1700 students to edit Wikipedia, 85% plag... by ch4ch4 on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @08:48PM (#5483381)
Keep in mind that the discussion page was not designed to be consumed by outsiders and is only for internal discussions.

In fact, they mention near the end of the post that they should lock the discussion before media outlets pick this up and blow it out of proportion.

Too late now! lol

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