Comments on: Academic Blog Wiki http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 24 May 2012 01:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: orange. http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-33384 orange. Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:04:30 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/#comment-33384 <i>"Everyone knows only fascists use wikis!"</i> You do know that at that time (in Italy) there were neither wikis nor the www accessible? [*scnr] “Everyone knows only fascists use wikis!”

You do know that at that time (in Italy) there were neither wikis nor the www accessible? [*scnr]

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]]> By: az http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-33347 az Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:33:16 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/#comment-33347 Ah, and 'simply', not 'simple'. Sorry. Ah, and ‘simply’, not ‘simple’. Sorry.

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]]> By: az http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-33346 az Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:30:41 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/#comment-33346 Just a <a href="http://goingsomewhere.blogsome.com/2006/10/06/sheep-goats/" rel="nofollow">quick update of that link to my blog</a>, which will get you to the actual post instead of a non-existent page. It's not fascism, but I do think it's ironic. The fact that it's a Wiki makes things worse, not better, IMO. It adds a sheen of democratic, community endeavour that simple isn't borne out by the talk of 'summary deletion' in the FAQ, and the patronising tone of the message to non-academics. Just a quick update of that link to my blog, which will get you to the actual post instead of a non-existent page.

It’s not fascism, but I do think it’s ironic. The fact that it’s a Wiki makes things worse, not better, IMO. It adds a sheen of democratic, community endeavour that simple isn’t borne out by the talk of ‘summary deletion’ in the FAQ, and the patronising tone of the message to non-academics.

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]]> By: oneman http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-33294 oneman Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:01:51 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/#comment-33294 Yeah, I can totally see how Farrell has set himself up as the arbiter of academic blogginess by making the site <em>a wiki</em>. I mean, who other than someone attempting to exercise dictatorial control over what is and is not considered an "academic" site would even think of using an open, publicly-editable format? Everyone knows only fascists use wikis! A more charitable reading of the site might be to note that *anyone* can add or remove sites, which means that every readers and potential contributor will be taking part in a debate over the boundaries of the academic world. JUST LIKE HITLER IN '33! Yeah, I can totally see how Farrell has set himself up as the arbiter of academic blogginess by making the site a wiki. I mean, who other than someone attempting to exercise dictatorial control over what is and is not considered an “academic” site would even think of using an open, publicly-editable format? Everyone knows only fascists use wikis!

A more charitable reading of the site might be to note that *anyone* can add or remove sites, which means that every readers and potential contributor will be taking part in a debate over the boundaries of the academic world. JUST LIKE HITLER IN ’33!

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]]> By: Sarapen http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-33283 Sarapen Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:18:23 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/#comment-33283 A tempest is brewing. Another critique by the same author from Long Sunday: http://archive.blogsome.com/2006/10/07/universities/ A tempest is brewing. Another critique by the same author from Long Sunday:

http://archive.blogsome.com/2006/10/07/universities/

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]]> By: Sarapen http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-33258 Sarapen Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:43:43 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/10/03/academic-blog-wiki/#comment-33258 The project has already come under criticism from two fronts in the blogosphere: http://goingsomewhere.blogsome.com/2006/10/06/129/ http://www.long-sunday.net/long_sunday/2006/10/academic_distin.html Three fronts if you count this visceral reaction: http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/excuse-me/ The project has already come under criticism from two fronts in the blogosphere:

http://goingsomewhere.blogsome.com/2006/10/06/129/
http://www.long-sunday.net/long_sunday/2006/10/academic_distin.html

Three fronts if you count this visceral reaction:

http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/excuse-me/

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