Ray Saintonge wrote
Nobody is supporting "a massive repository of crank view" Saying that Wikipedia would become so is entirely speculative.
Agreed. My view that nonsense is gradually squeezed out of WP, by steady edits by sensible editors. It is, in the main, a salami-slicing operation.
Obviously something daft gets posted every day, and there are occasions when editors dig in their heels to defend what are, on a consensus view, cranky views. I don't think either of those facts need be used to undermine the position that the normal process - 'enough eyeballs' - works.
The bad history and politicised rants can be first toned down, then replaced by better points. There is always going to be some 'placeholder' material on WP, waiting for a better job. I think trying for credibility in excess of the natural trend is probably a mistake. The pages have a disclaimer; and I wonder whether anyone can foresee a time when they will not.
Charles