On 07/04/2008, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/7/2008 12:00:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, slimvirgin@gmail.com writes:
That's the difference between us and, say, the Encyclopaedia Britannica. We empower readers. We don't ask for their blind trust.>>
Sarah! This needs to go on Main Page ;) It's a great slogan.
When the issue of Wikipedia's "unreliability" comes up, I like to point out that we can't, don't and have never promised "reliability" - what we are, in fact, is *useful*. (I make such a bold claim based on our horrendous mainstream popularity. Hands up all the old hand encyclopedia nerds here who thought it would get this far this quickly ...)
- d.