It is helpful that on Wikipedia the editorial process
is largely
transparent, so the question "how did it get like this?" can actually
be answered. Wikipedia is not reliable, but it turns out that how
paper encyclopedias and newspapers were written was similarly
susceptible
In the case of newspapers probably yes. In the case of encyclopedias,
I think not. There are severe problems with the Wikipedia coverage of
philosophy which you wouldn't find here, for instance. And so for the
humanities generally. When I make this point on Wikipedia, the answer is
usually that Wikipedia is for pop culture, whereas encyclopedias are for
'proper culture' or 'high culture' or whatever. I don't really
understand
this
distinction.
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Peter