[WikiEN-l] Don't call them "anon"

charles matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Wed Nov 2 19:06:43 UTC 2005


Ed Poor wrote

>We are not
storming the citadel of Academia by the gates, but we are (like bloggers
rebutting TV networks and Matt Drudge scooping news magazines) LEVELING
OUT the playing field. This is democracy in action.

Well, it is actually populism.  The populist streak in Wikipedianism is 
important.  I'd like to think we do buttals, not rebuttals.  I'd like to 
think we are co-opting academia rather than treating it like the Bastiille.

Charles 





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