On Apr 17, 2010, at 8:26 AM, David Gerard wrote:
Wikipedia, and its community and bureaucracy, sucks in oh so many
ways. But it does in fact work and produce something people find
useful.
I'm not entirely sure of this. It is accurate to say that Wikipedia is found useful by
people - but I'm not sure the current community and bureaucratic structures have
anything to do with why. I suspect the useful parts are unevenly distributed towards
articles older than five years.
Best,
Phil Sandifer