On 9/12/06, Jacky PB dpotop1@yahoo.com wrote:
please realise that Wikipedia is not an exercise in democracy, it is an encyclopedia.
Non-democratic, yes, but not really an encyclopedia. I cite from the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
encyclopedia: a work that contains information on
all
branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject
The "comprehensive" part is not covered by wikipedia, which gives much emphasis to certain particular cases, as opposed to presenting a discipline in an integrated way. This is my POV, and I've seen it in many other people, too.
Perhaps, but I think this level of detail wasn't necessary in my reply to Peter. ;-)
Extremely useful, nonetheless.
Dpotop
ps: As for the dispute resolution process, it doesn't really work...
Well, Peter's proposal seemed superfluous with the existence of Arbcom.
Cheers,
DP