rodo's journal

Some of you may have heard of it, some may not. The Fan History Wiki now uses a bot to integrate ff.net user data into their database. Some people approve, some don't. I don't approve, but not because it collects the information of people who are totally clueless. It's free information after all.

I have a problem with it because it appears that I actually managed to learn a bit during my studies. I study journalism, in case you don't know, and I am not very attentive most of the time, but the concept of News values still stuck somehow. I know a Wiki is not journalism, but AFAIK it's supposed to be an encyclopedia, which should only include information that is in some way relevant to a number of people.

The bot, on the other hand, clutters the Wiki with a lot of information, most of which is irrelevant. An example: Author A wrote five fanfictions, has a profile on ff.net and never participated in any fandom discussion or was in any way involved in a scandal (plagiarism, wanking, etc.). Information on Author A does not become relevant, at least in my opinion, until A is involved in anything that might be of interest to a larger number of people. I know that the Wiki argues that the inclusion of these articles is meant to be preventive (in case A ever gets involved in a newsworthy event) but the chances of this are rather slim, which means the wiki is full of information nobody needs.

This sheer amount of information might also lead to a lot of confusion. For example, I tried to look up my user names, and it came up with a match. I used to be called "Doro-chan" not so long ago, and I suppose people might go looking for me using that name. But the Doro-chan listed there is not me. We've been confused before, because we're both German, both active in the Harry Potter fandom, and of course, because we both had the same name. On some sites, I was Doro-chan, on others, it was her. Consequently, people got confused, because they assumed "Doro-chan" was the same person on all sites. I assume that mine is not the only case of more than one person using the same alias. And if living people confuse us, what about a programmed bot? It does not provide any other information but username and stories, plus links, and I think the information thus collected cannot be trusted. It doesn't even know the German umlauts, for starters.

The Wiki also states that it wants to create "the first comprehensive fandom directory that anyone can edit"^[1], which is an awesome idea. I just don't think it should be part of the wiki. Linked? Sure. But I think the Wiki should not be used as a fandom directory. The two would benefit more if they were seperate.

Okay, Animexx hat es tatsächlich geschafft, die bescheuertste neue Regel für den Fanfiction-Bereich zu erstellen die mir bisher untergekommen ist. Sie lautet wie folgt:

Hallo,

es wird eine neue Regelung bezüglich FFs, die zum Inhalt die Verwaltigung an Minderjährigen in HARRY POTTER FFs geben.
Diese sind absofort verboten.
Der Grund ist der, dass durch die Realverfilmung sich der eigentlich fiktive Gegenstand zu leicht auf reales übertragen lässt und wir uns deshalb genötigt sehen dies nicht länger zuzulassen (und nein, ich habe mir das nicht ausgedacht). ⁽¹⁾

( Meine Kritik )

⁽¹⁾ Quelle: http://animexx.onlinewelten.com/forum/?forum=1&kategorie=2&thread=195662

Titel: Von Männern und Babybäuchen
Autor: doro_chan
Genre: Essay
Rating: 16+ (der Inhalt ist etwas kompliziert)
Warnungen: Ich habe Judith Butler gelesen (Ja, das ist eine legitime Warnung)
Beta: sevilemar
Claimer: Meins
A/N: Ich will hiermit niemandem auf die Füße treten (auch wenn ich es wahrscheinlich trotzdem tun werde), ich will lediglich zur Selbstreflexion anregen.
Das Thema MPreg beschäftigt mich schon eine ganze Weile, und in den meisten Diskussionen darüber ist mir aufgefallen, dass beide Seiten doch sehr unreflektiert mit ihrer eigenen Meinung umgehen. Das hier ist mein Versuch, etwas System in die ganze Sache zu bringen. Ich bin weder Soziologin noch Psychologin, und versuche auch gar nicht so zu tun als ob. Das hier ist ein Essay (zumindest soll es einer sein), und als solcher überspitzt, absichtlich etwas provozierend und vor allem Wiedergabe meiner Meinung.


( Von Männern und Babybäuchen )