[Wikimania-l] Quality (was: Welcome to the "Wikimania-l" mailing list)

Thank you. For a robot, you're very polite. No doubt a human being programmeed you to do that. But computers do not create quality; people do. People use computers as tools to reach objectives. A wiki cannot organize knowledge, any more than a hammer and saw can build a house. A carpenter can build a house *using* a hammer and saw. Contributors can build an encyclopedia *using* wiki collaboration tools. I am most interested in how Wikipedians can organize and present knowledge in a way that serves humanity. My special focus has been on resolving conflicts arising from contrary points of view (POV). This is a topic I'd like to speak on, at the Boston conference. Uncle Ed