Comments on: Is DMOZ the cure to Wikipedia’s spam problem? http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/ Understanding technology ... in both senses of the phrase Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Dave http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-148107 Dave Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:38:42 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-148107 The biggest problem with using DMOZ to filter links is that the same people who corrupt DMOZ with biased listings are exactly the kind of editors you're trying to avoid in Wikipedia. Those unethical enough to try to plant links in Wikipedia are the very same people who have made DMOZ so unreliable, in other words. Turning Wikipedia into DMOZ-on-stilts is something we need to avoid if Wikipedia is to remain relatively uncorrupted in a way that DMOZ did not avoid. The biggest problem with using DMOZ to filter links is that the same people who corrupt DMOZ with biased listings are exactly the kind of editors you’re trying to avoid in Wikipedia. Those unethical enough to try to plant links in Wikipedia are the very same people who have made DMOZ so unreliable, in other words. Turning Wikipedia into DMOZ-on-stilts is something we need to avoid if Wikipedia is to remain relatively uncorrupted in a way that DMOZ did not avoid.

]]> By: Rhys http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-8366 Rhys Thu, 10 May 2007 09:55:57 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-8366 Mapping only dmoz to wiki would in effect kill off large sections of wiki from having infomative outgoing links. The majority of dmoz editors do amazing work. However there are two problems, firstly the apparent time lag to get listed, and two, self promotion / bias by a small minority of editors. Keep dmoz out of the equation until its teething problems are ironed out! Mapping only dmoz to wiki would in effect kill off large sections of wiki from having infomative outgoing links.

The majority of dmoz editors do amazing work. However there are two problems, firstly the apparent time lag to get listed, and two, self promotion / bias by a small minority of editors.

Keep dmoz out of the equation until its teething problems are ironed out!

]]> By: A. B. http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-4817 A. B. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:44:59 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-4817 As a Wikipedia editor, my workaround for the category mapping issue is to link to a DMOZ search results page. If I want a DMOZ link from the "neutronic widgets" article on Wkipedia and DMOZ doesn't have such a page, I'll search DMOZ for "neutronic widgets" then link to the search results page, which may show multiple DMOZ categories. Wikipedia, while robust, is ever shifting. Articles are renamed and categories revised. User:A. B. on Wikipedia As a Wikipedia editor, my workaround for the category mapping issue is to link to a DMOZ search results page. If I want a DMOZ link from the “neutronic widgets” article on Wkipedia and DMOZ doesn’t have such a page, I’ll search DMOZ for “neutronic widgets” then link to the search results page, which may show multiple DMOZ categories.

Wikipedia, while robust, is ever shifting. Articles are renamed and categories revised.

User:A. B. on Wikipedia

]]> By: XODP Blog http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-4715 XODP Blog Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-4715 <strong>Linking Wikipedia Articles to ODP/dMOZ Categories</strong> A truly open Web directory would be a great companion to Wikipedia, but linking a Wikipedia article to ODP and eliminating all other outbound links from that article will create many more problems than it will solve, a fortiori when one considers the... Linking Wikipedia Articles to ODP/dMOZ Categories

A truly open Web directory would be a great companion to Wikipedia, but linking a Wikipedia article to ODP and eliminating all other outbound links from that article will create many more problems than it will solve, a fortiori when one considers the…

]]> By: Joost de Valk http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-4004 Joost de Valk Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:22:41 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2007/02/07/dmoz-cure-wikipedia-spam-problem/#comment-4004 We need a DMOZ 2.0 anyhow so I thought we'd solve two things at once :) We need a DMOZ 2.0 anyhow so I thought we’d solve two things at once :)

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