---
title: "Web 2.0 definitions / Wikipedia idiots"
date: 2005-12-12
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Web 2.0 definitions / Wikipedia idiots

Joshua Porter has written a nice balanced [introduction to Web 2.0](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230175454/http://www.squidoo.com/introtoweb20/) on Squidoo.

Meanwhile I’m having a running battle with some idiots on the [Wikipedia Web 2.0 page](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230175454/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0). One or more of these clowns keeps deleting any and all references to my websites and articles. Now I know what [Dave Winer feels like](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230175454/http://www.scripting.com/2005/12/02.html#When:12:16:30PM) when he criticizes Wikipedia. It’s a great resource, but just like [anything](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230175454/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/nationalists-boast-of-their-role/2005/12/12/1134236003135.html) – a few idiots always end up ruining it for the rest of us.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_definiti_1.php))*