On 17 June 2010 21:14, Michael Snow wikipedia@verizon.net wrote:
Dan Rosenthal wrote:
Isn't the quote backwards? "The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. It could never work in theory"?
It can be formulated various ways. Raul's Laws has yet another variation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/Raul%27s_laws
I'd note that in the history of that page, it dates back to March 2006 and even then the original author was listed as unknown. That makes it exactly the sort of quote that is easily misattributed to Winston Churchill or Abraham Lincoln.
--Michael Snow
"The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it's a total disaster"
goes back to jan 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gareth_Owen&oldid=3597874...