On 4/11/06, Matt R <matt_crypto(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hmm...in the bit about Barry Goldwater he seems to be
a disgruntled person not familiar with our policies on citing sources and our normal
venues for article discussion (and is rude and obnoxious about it, to boot). After having
his addition removed from the article, he (Warren Boroson) writes:
To me, it's another example of Wikipedia being perceived as something
which it is not, which is basically our fault. The two biggest
misconceptions here are:
a) that Wikipedia is an "encyclopaedia" with fact checking and
editorial standards against publishing anything that is not known to
be true
b) that Wikipedia has "editors" who are "in charge" of its articles.
This is particularly unfortunate - we use the term "editor" in the
sense of someone who uses a text editor, rather than as a term of
managerial responsibility.
I would like us to do something about these misconceptions, but I
think I'm in the minority.
Steve