Wiki-Army of Autism, Disability, and Mental Illness
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:49 pm
fyi; my normal activities of the day have been sidelined (boating, kayaking, walking, biking et al) from a Shingles shot side effects hence I am online trading stocks | My talk attempt to correct Wikipedia mission was a shit show. I was more successful withhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawat-e-Islami which was mentioned on this forum. I am trying to understand why Wikipedia sucks as a product.
I am thinking about Wikipedia as a VIRTUAL-LAND OF THE LOST providing purpose to those who are not mainstreamed. Bipolar people with high IQ, depression with high IQ, Asperger's, Schizophrenia; people with dysfunctional though processes, slot machine type-reward Wikipedia and its all acknowledged by them btw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ith_autism
Wikipedia is the ultimate honeypot! If a group of researchers had been given the task of creating a working/hobby environment specifically designed to attract high-functioning autistics,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... 7s_editors
it's very probable that here in Wikipedia we have a much higher percentage of people on the autism spectrum than you'll find in the real world. Wikipedia is like a honey-trap for people on the autism spectrum.
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/20 ... edia-life/
Personality
Researchers have begun to identify key personality traits in Wikipedians. According to a study published in 2008, Wikipedia members are more likely than non-members to locate their "real me" online—that is, to feel more comfortable expressing their "real" selves online than off.[9]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/20 ... edia-life/
in accounts from other autistic people, is a feeling of profound isolation.
Autism in the Wikimedia community
Of course, one major example of wide-scale online communication is the Wikimedia movement. And at first glance, Wikimedia sites, and Wikipedia in particular, offer a platform where one can meticulously compile facts about their favorite obsession, or methodically fix the same grammatical error over and over, all of that with limited human interaction; if this sounds like a great place for autists (and a perfect honey trap) well, it is to some extent.
https://www.conservapedia.com/Examples_ ... ll_editors
Wikipedia editor Anma Finotera retired in 2010 because, "There are quite a few mentally ill people who edit Wikipedia.
desperately seeking the attention they must have lacked in their real lives, it is important to note that as of March 15, 2014, 480 Wikipedia editors self-identify as having Asperger syndrome[10] and an additional 32 self-identify as being Autistic.[11] So, Wikipedia is truly an encyclopedia which anyone including the autistic can edit. A
I am thinking about Wikipedia as a VIRTUAL-LAND OF THE LOST providing purpose to those who are not mainstreamed. Bipolar people with high IQ, depression with high IQ, Asperger's, Schizophrenia; people with dysfunctional though processes, slot machine type-reward Wikipedia and its all acknowledged by them btw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ith_autism
Wikipedia is the ultimate honeypot! If a group of researchers had been given the task of creating a working/hobby environment specifically designed to attract high-functioning autistics,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... 7s_editors
it's very probable that here in Wikipedia we have a much higher percentage of people on the autism spectrum than you'll find in the real world. Wikipedia is like a honey-trap for people on the autism spectrum.
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/20 ... edia-life/
Personality
Researchers have begun to identify key personality traits in Wikipedians. According to a study published in 2008, Wikipedia members are more likely than non-members to locate their "real me" online—that is, to feel more comfortable expressing their "real" selves online than off.[9]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/20 ... edia-life/
in accounts from other autistic people, is a feeling of profound isolation.
Autism in the Wikimedia community
Of course, one major example of wide-scale online communication is the Wikimedia movement. And at first glance, Wikimedia sites, and Wikipedia in particular, offer a platform where one can meticulously compile facts about their favorite obsession, or methodically fix the same grammatical error over and over, all of that with limited human interaction; if this sounds like a great place for autists (and a perfect honey trap) well, it is to some extent.
https://www.conservapedia.com/Examples_ ... ll_editors
Wikipedia editor Anma Finotera retired in 2010 because, "There are quite a few mentally ill people who edit Wikipedia.
desperately seeking the attention they must have lacked in their real lives, it is important to note that as of March 15, 2014, 480 Wikipedia editors self-identify as having Asperger syndrome[10] and an additional 32 self-identify as being Autistic.[11] So, Wikipedia is truly an encyclopedia which anyone including the autistic can edit. A