On 10/22/05, Anthony DiPierro wikispam@inbox.org wrote:
On 10/22/05, JAY JG jayjg@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Anthony DiPierro wikispam@inbox.org
I make the assumption that most contributors, even those that happen to
be
interested in garage bands, are acting in good faith. I make the
assumption
that if you give people the tools and the freedom to create good articles they're going to do so. Maybe you think that's a crazy idea, but if so I find it hard to understand why you believe in the crazy idea of building
a
website that anyone can edit.
Actually, we're trying to build an *encyclopedia* that anyone can edit; it astonishes me that people keep forgetting this.
Jay.
Are you saying that Wikipedia isn't a website? I'm fully aware that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, but that doesn't change the fact that it's also a wiki, which is a website that anyone can edit.
We can argue about whether or not Wikipedia would have succeeded had it not been a website if you want, but the comment I was making was that the crazy idea - of a website that anyone could edit - actually worked.
Anthony
"Wikipedia is an encyclopedia." --Jimbo Wales
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