Yellow and Bent (Week 7)

It was unfortunate that the "A Million Penguins" web page was unavailable, but oddly enough, reading its corresponding analytical paper was seemed like a story in itself. The way they categorized and described the behaviours of their more prolific contributors was as if they were describing characters in a story, a story about a people trying to write together. Pabruce the performer's attention seeking, often antagonistic behaviour, operating in the higher traffic pages, YellowBanana's obscure and poignant attacks of vandalism or serious contributions, and Sentinal68's pruning and nurturing edits, sowing the garden of the narrative, which was nonexistent. Because of a lack of organization and an poor grasp of wiki, which needs extensive and interwoven linking, the novel didn't pan out. But as the authors of the paper said, it was an assembly, a carnival, of contributors interacting and creating together, nothing in particular, writing at each other instead of with. I wish I could have participated, I'm not sure what role, if any I would have taken, the roles described in the paper all seem fun. I think I would have created different accounts for each function, with names reflecting their tactics. "The banana was yellow and bent."