On 9/13/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
... and I don't think thats a big deal. Nothing about creating a free content encyclopedia or freeing the knowledge of the world requires that we be the number one destination for the news of the day.
Perhaps but where else would you suggest that people should have got information on Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005
I can answer this two ways.. Both are true representations of my position on this subject.
First the general answer: It's great that we can be prompt and that people can use us for information on recent events. I've never suggested we stop that... I only stated that fulfilling that need simply isn't the purpose of Wikipedia.
and then the 'specific to this case' answer: They can read about it from the same places *we* did. Many of our articles (esp current events) are simply sourced from web-available resources.