> On Oct 4, 2005, at 4:32 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>> These are excellent observations. My son's Social Studies teacher
>> is an info geek who is familiar with Wikipedia. I should ask
>> him if
>> he would be willing to run a survey of his class asking: "What
>> belongs in an encyclopedia?" and "What should not be in an
>> encyclopedia?"
>>
>
> I think it would be important to specify "Wikipedia" not "an
> encyclopedia," so as to avoid treating Wikipedia like paper.
WHAT?
I've suspected for some time that there is a faction that does not
think Wikipedia should be an encyclopedia, but this is the first time
I've seen this stated in so many words.
So much for "five pillars."
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