ja, yah, yeah, yea, hear ye! The following is a quote from another subscriber:
"He who shouts the loudest wins on Wikipedia. This is the reason that it has not evolved into real storehouse of knowledge. It is more like USENET groups but in a more academic tone. In other words, it is full of urban legends and anyone who relies on it for facts is walking a dangerous path."
Susan Allen
PS I am really disappointed in this poor encyclopedic attempt.... it is so terribly lame!
As usual, I must ask for specifics.
susan allen wrote:
ja, yah, yeah, yea, hear ye! The following is a quote from another subscriber:
"He who shouts the loudest wins on Wikipedia. This is the reason that it has not evolved into real storehouse of knowledge. It is more like USENET groups but in a more academic tone. In other words, it is full of urban legends and anyone who relies on it for facts is walking a dangerous path."
Susan Allen
PS I am really disappointed in this poor encyclopedic attempt.... it is so terribly lame! -- Susan Allen, Associate Dean Instructor of Harp & Improvisation School of Music California Institute of the Arts 24700 McBean Parkway Valencia, CA 91355 phone (661) 222-2780 fax (661) 255-0938
Founding Director, Susan Allen's Summer Harp Course, Inc. and from Paris to the Pyrénées: the Harp and Art in France & Spain email: susie@shoko.calarts.edu websites: http://shoko.calarts.edu/~susie and http://www.summerharpcourse.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
I agree, it's lame, but it's a baby, two years old. Wikipedia is, unless we do something grossly wrong, destined to become a major human institution, used and potentially participated in by most of the human race. Think 5 years, 10 years out, 25 years out, 100, 300. Winning by intimidation works fine with a two year old and I think Jimbo has a blind spot in this area, but we are all learning and this is just one problem which is solvable. The trivia problem, like the urban legend of cow tipping, I'm afraid will always be with us.
It's funny. I wrote the article, [[cow tipping]], one of the most ridiculous articles and notions imaginable. (It might have been deleted long ago). At the time I lived out in the ranch land west of Crestone. Would have been easy to test it out. But it is such nonsense that I didn't bother. Yet I think it's a good article and I had fun writing it. The thought of actually stomping around in the brush trying to get close enough to one of a herd of wild cows in the middle of the night and pushing on it...
Fred
From: susan allen susie@shoko.calarts.edu Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:14:38 -0800 To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] the 'truth'
ja, yah, yeah, yea, hear ye! The following is a quote from another subscriber:
"He who shouts the loudest wins on Wikipedia. This is the reason that it has not evolved into real storehouse of knowledge. It is more like USENET groups but in a more academic tone. In other words, it is full of urban legends and anyone who relies on it for facts is walking a dangerous path."
Susan Allen
PS I am really disappointed in this poor encyclopedic attempt.... it is so terribly lame! -- Susan Allen, Associate Dean Instructor of Harp & Improvisation School of Music California Institute of the Arts 24700 McBean Parkway Valencia, CA 91355 phone (661) 222-2780 fax (661) 255-0938
Founding Director, Susan Allen's Summer Harp Course, Inc. and from Paris to the Pyrénées: the Harp and Art in France & Spain email: susie@shoko.calarts.edu websites: http://shoko.calarts.edu/~susie and http://www.summerharpcourse.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
susan allen a écrit:
ja, yah, yeah, yea, hear ye! The following is a quote from another subscriber:
"He who shouts the loudest wins on Wikipedia. This is the reason that it has not evolved into real storehouse of knowledge. It is more like USENET groups but in a more academic tone. In other words, it is full of urban legends and anyone who relies on it for facts is walking a dangerous path."
Susan Allen
PS I am really disappointed in this poor encyclopedic attempt.... it is so terribly lame!
Susan ?
Are you a woman ? Do you speak (write actually) french ?
If so, the french wikipedia needs you in the music department and I would most welcome you.
ant :-)