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Milawe · 01-09-2009, 07:14 PM

Possibly if we didn't have other sources that were repeatedly removed as others were putting them up, which is why the admins of Threshold finally got involved. This also resulted in the removal of TMS on the MUDs entry in order to take more references away from the Threshold entry. (It was put back by others.)

It wasn't a matter of "trust" for at least two of the articles since they were published in magazines completely unrelated to muds. If the references for the Threshold article had been left alone, it would have been one of the better referenced muds on Wikipedia. The message seemed clear: Back off. You're not going to be allowed to better this entry, which would make the information on Wikipedia MORE suspect in my opinion.

Now, there could be an argument that MUDs shouldn't be on Wikipedia at all, but that wasn't the case here.

01-09-2009, 07:14 PM	#143
Milawe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Home MUD: Threshold RPG Home MUD: Stash Home MUD: Archons of Avenshar Posts: 653	Re: In defense of all MUDs. Our genre's noteworthiness is being questioned. Possibly if we didn't have other sources that were repeatedly removed as others were putting them up, which is why the admins of Threshold finally got involved. This also resulted in the removal of TMS on the MUDs entry in order to take more references away from the Threshold entry. (It was put back by others.) It wasn't a matter of "trust" for at least two of the articles since they were published in magazines completely unrelated to muds. If the references for the Threshold article had been left alone, it would have been one of the better referenced muds on Wikipedia. The message seemed clear: Back off. You're not going to be allowed to better this entry, which would make the information on Wikipedia MORE suspect in my opinion. Now, there could be an argument that MUDs shouldn't be on Wikipedia at all, but that wasn't the case here.