On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:04 PM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 October 2010 20:47, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 3:43 PM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 October 2010 20:26, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
None of which I'd expect to say that John Seigenthaler is a murderer. There are mistakes of facts, and then there's malicious lies. I'd definitely expect more of the latter in Wikipedia than in any of the traditional encyclopedias.
So your position is that you have the authority to draw lines in the sand.
No. It's more about accountability than about authority.
You are claiming you are accountable if wikipedia turns out to be an encyclopedia?
No, that wasn't my claim. I am, however, accountable for what I say. And the idea that Wikipedia could "turn out to be an encyclopedia" is silly. It either is, or it isn't, and in this case, as I have explained, it isn't.
Wikipedia is an institution. Funny word, but of great significance. Marriage is an institution. Parliament is an institution. Universities are institutions, as is the internet, and war.
That doesn't mean we're a sacred chariot of the gods, a juggernaut, and entitled to be destructive.
We're 9 years in, going on a hundred, a thousand.
Fred