[WikiEN-l] The integrity of Wikipedia

[Charles Matthews]

Fred Bauder wrote

> In our efforts to be politically correct we are unable to describe
al-Qaeda
> as a terrorist organization or East Germany as a totalitarian regime. Thus
> we distort reality and drift off into a fantastic world where there is no
> black and white, no values and ultimately a rather poor encyclopedia that
> can't be trusted.
>
> Fred

The Wikipedia I edit is rather different.  It is not 'safe for
professionals' in many respects, but its attempts to outline the overall
structure of fields and knowledge are rather creditable.  It shows an
idealism rooted in the wiki concept, and a romanticism that goes back two
centuries, too.

I see my dictionary defines 'militant' as 'engaged in warfare'.  A euphemism
only if one regards 'warfare' as a euphemism for killing people - which is
arguable.

Charles