The Cunctator cunctator@kband.com writes:
On 4/4/03 3:01 PM, "Lee Daniel Crocker" lee@piclab.com wrote:
What we're trying to make Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is simply a fact of reality that there will be people who disagree with /that/ goal, and who want to make Wikipedia something else, like a community, or a news medium, or their personal playground.
It just depends on the kind of playground you prefer; thus far wikipedia works as my playground ;) Mostly...
It's our job to make sure that it becomes an encyclopedia. That goal will not change, and anyone who actively interferes with that goal will be invited to pursue his interests elsewhere.
For example, I'm convince it isn't okay to add am*zon book links; but the guys who have the power just think different. So what? And that link is that sophisticated that I as a user cannot do anything about it :-(
That is to say, while there are some things that Wikipedia is obviously not, noone should be able to aver with definitude what Wikipedia will be.
An encyclopedia is, at its core, a repository of *all* human knowledge. That goes far beyond the traditional paper documents that dared claim the title "encyclopedia".
Thanks for your warm words I fully agree with.