[Foundation-l] Charity Navigator rates WMF

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Fri Oct 9 00:10:21 UTC 2009


On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:
> "The Defeat of Communism, Rising Prices in Post-Crisis America, and
> Why Washington Shouldn't Run Detroit."
>
> Yes, and people consult Wikipedia for information about these topics too.

On the latter two topics, where on Wikipedia would you suggest people go?

> I will add, by the way, that I'm not so disdainful of the mass public as you
> seem to be.  That's why I favor democratic governments, for example, and why
> I don't disdain people's interest in popular culture.

I don't disdain the mass public or people's interest in popular
culture either.  I just don't pretend running a website which lots of
people go to for information about pop culture, is making some huge
positive impact on the world, even if I do make the dubious assumption
that the information is substantially correct.



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