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Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that wikileaks isn't actually a wiki?



I'm sure it used to be, back in the pre-Collateral Murder days. I remember being able to search through the pages and see people comment on the authenticity or not of publicly uploaded documents.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

> Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiti] or [ˈviti]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick".

Great, now I'm bothered by the fact that everybody pronounces "wiki" wrong :D


Or the fact that they keep half of their leaked material secret from us.


I'm still waiting for the WikiLeaks major leaks about Moscow that we were all promised. At least, promised until Assange got his TV show on Russia Today.


I was personally more interested in the Bank of America files, but I think they're gone now too.


I had heard DDB had erased those before he left. Never heard why though, unless it was supposed to be one last 'fuck you' to Assange before he got booted out.


But it actually is... or at least it uses the Wikimedia software:

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Confidential_plans_for_1.2_billion...


but the conceptual framework is not there. (I.E. most visitors cant edit anything)


Wiki conceptual framework is about how stuff should be kept/edited in a community, but it's not saying anything about if that ability should be granted only to 'blessed contributors' any or random visitors; i.e., if you are considered part of that editor community.


It started as a wiki. It didn't work. They kept the name.


No, every time I think about them this comes up in the back of my mind and I get a little confused




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