There's something deeply fascinating about article debates at Wikipedia; reading the intricate threads is like eavesdro ing on a librarian's convention where the punch has been iked with PCP. The tumult du jour is the involved discu ion on the a ropriate naming and di osition of the iPhone article.It seems that the rational question of "What do we put at the wikipedia.org/wiki/iPhone page: the A le product, the Cisco/Linksys product, or a disambiguation of the two products?" has led to fear, thence to anger and naturally to suffering. The commotion and disagreement a arently attracted the attention of some Cisco employees, who attempted to right the perceived injustice and were promptly chastised. The whole affair has resulted in the virtual lockdown of the iPhone page while tempers and keyboards cool off.
If you want a taste of the secret sauce that hel Wikipedia manage as a self-regulating community, check out the conventio on the naming of articles. Highly gri ing; couldn't put it down.
Thanks Adam!
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