on 7/23/09 1:14 PM, David Gerard at dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/07/wikipedia.shtml
"But Wikipedia is flawed in the way Ely Cathedral is flawed, imperfect in the way a person you love is imperfect, and filled with conflict and disagreement in the way a good conference or an effective parliament is filled with argument."
David, you left out the very next paragraph:
"To point this out is not to dismiss its usefulness or deny its value, even if those most closely involved occasionally act as if anything less than complete subordination to the Wikipedia world view is an act of betrayal.
This says a great deal about the open, free dialogue in the Project :-(.
And the references to - and defensiveness about - the "ivory tower" speaks volumes :-).
Marc Riddell