{"id":128,"date":"2009-03-26T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomathon.com\/mphp\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-10-04T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T00:41:48","slug":"iz-serius-bizness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2009\/03\/iz-serius-bizness\/","title":{"rendered":"Iz Serius Bizness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"127\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2009\/03\/iz-serius-bizness\/lolcat25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lolcat25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-127\" title=\"lolcat25\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lolcat25.jpg?resize=200%2C200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>According to a recent research project reported in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"New Scientist\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/\">New Scientist<\/a>, &#8221; Wikipedians are &#8216;closed&#8217; and &#8216;disagreeable&#8217;.&#8221; Those carrying out the study were &#8220;surprised that contributors scored low for agreeableness and openness to new ideas, given that contributing to the website is based on sharing knowledge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, I could&#8217;ve told you this.  Most <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Wikipedia\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/\">Wikipedia<\/a> &#8220;editors&#8221; don&#8217;t actually write or research articles (except maybe those about TV shows), but spend their time enforcing &#8220;rules&#8221;, deleting things, making up new rules, and generally living out some kind of twisted fantasy that involves being a middle manager who scolds people. The fact that a project nominally devoted to creating an encyclopedia of all the world&#8217;s knowledge is viewed my so many as &#8220;social life&#8221; should have been the first clue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20126883.900-wikipedians-are-closed-and-disagreeable.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=magcontents\"> Wikipedians are &#8216;closed&#8217; and &#8216;disagreeable&#8217;. New Scientist no. 2689. 31 December 2008. <\/a><a> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themoderatevoice.com\/37088\/wikipedia-full-of-disagreeable-sourpusses-closed-to-new-ideas\/\">Wikipedia is Full of Disagreeable Sourpusses Closed to New Ideas<\/a> (themoderatevoice.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loosewireblog.com\/2009\/07\/journalists-citing-wikipedia-rarely-an-option.html\">Journalists Citing Wikipedia: Rarely an Option<\/a> (loosewireblog.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/1749c163-0ddf-4f1e-9b04-e6d1fcd9aa03\/\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=560\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent research project reported in New Scientist, &#8221; Wikipedians are &#8216;closed&#8217; and &#8216;disagreeable&#8217;.&#8221; Those carrying out the study were &#8220;surprised that contributors scored low for agreeableness and openness to new ideas, given that contributing to the website&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2009\/03\/iz-serius-bizness\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10,88],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":171,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2009\/06\/mr-francafrique-1973\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":0},"title":"Mr. Fran\u00e7afrique 1973","date":"June 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This one image sums up the -- still -- late Omar Bongo Ondimba better than any words could. 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