[Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

[Wjhonson]

Quote: "Then you are misunderstanding the meaning of the word 'educational' I think. "

Perhaps the word you want is "academic".  I'm sure a university might look down upon an encyclopedia of "Petticoat Junction" but that doesn't mean that Wikipedia should.  That our work is "popular" and educational and not academic and yet has a large number, perhaps the majority, in academic articles, is why it appeals to the widest audience.  That is a strength, not a weakness.







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 I dont understand how information about pornography, computer games, tv 
 shows... is not educational.
 If I want to know whether Berle Ives was ever a guest star on Bewitched, 
 why wouldn't we fulfill a request like that in project ?
Then you are misunderstanding the meaning of the word 'educational' I think. 

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