Comments on: Hiltzik Makes Wikipedia “Sock Puppet” Entry

By: Holmwood

Holmwood — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:39:38 +0000

Thanks Dana and JVW. Good spot, and good addition. One might say that a wikipedia entry is by definition never complete; my goal was simply to move the original entry to the right article, and, for a broader perspective, add the John Lott example.

Assistant Devils Advocate: Yes, anyone who’s not been banned can create, add to or edit Wikipedia articles. (recent exception: some controversial articles can’t be edited by anonymous/very new editors). As for wikis in general, some are closed, some are fully open, some are in-between.

Holmwood

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:26:03 +0000

Wrong sock puppet entry. This one is for real puppets made from socks. Try this entry, instead. Mikey’s in there, all right.

By: JVW

JVW — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:02:37 +0000

Whoops. Gratuitous apostrophe in “meets.”

By: JVW

JVW — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:00:55 +0000

I made a slight change to the entry to incorporate Dana’s suggestion above. It now reads: “L.A. Times Columnist Michael Hiltzik, who was forced to give up his column and Times blog in April 2006. . . .” I hope that meet’s everyone’s satisfaction.

By: assistant devil's advocate

assistant devil's advocate — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:00:04 +0000

anybody can write or edit a wiki, can’t they?

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:37:59 +0000

Dear Mr Holmwood:

Your entry is incomplete; you need to include the repercussions.

By: Holmwood

Holmwood — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:55:34 +0000

Gone now, thanks to me. It did last many hours though. It doesn’t belong in that entry. It does, however, belong in this one, and you’ll be happy to know it’s there for now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock_puppet_%28internet%29#Examples

Cheers,
Holmwood

By: pigilito

pigilito — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:47:33 +0000

No chance of hime having penned that entry. Although had he done so, the irony meter would be pegged.