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(a)shoko.calarts.edu>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:14:38 -0800
To: wikien-l(a)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(a)shoko.calarts.edu
websites:
http://shoko.calarts.edu/~susie
and
http://www.summerharpcourse.com
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