[Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

[Peter Gervai]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 09:32, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jokes aside :) the problem here is exemplary of what Wikipedia *doesn't* do
> well, which is to find ways to assess the legitimacy of not-yet-legitimised
> knowledge - whether the 'truth' is new analysis backed up by serious
> scholarship (as in this case), or things that have not yet made it to
> reliable print scholarship (knowledge that's circulated orally, whether in
> conversations or social media). The core of the problem would appear to be
> our insistence on the narrowest and smallest possible definition of
> 'legitimate knowledge'. And I'd imagine that the solution is to find a
> workable, sensible and cross-culturally translatable version of legitimacy
> that is a lot better, bigger and more generous than what we have.

Thank you, that is a well phrased description of what I wanted to write.

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