On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:10 PM, wiki doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Wikipedia becomes more like religion every day.
With a God-King in a cloud realm and the occasional crucifixion. Not to mention passing the plate on a regular basis.
I think it is important that we don't develop the same sort of hierarchy and mentality of the established faiths. After all, they have a successful business model, with holy writ handed down from on high. Wikipedia began by reversing the flow, and I think that for the internet age, we've got a grand tradition, where anyone can jump in and add their two bits.
Jesus said "Blessed are the meek," and here we are, where the masses have handcrafted a grand cathedral of knowledge.
In the Beginning God said, "Hello World!". One person likes this.