On 4/11/06, Matt R matt_crypto@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hmm...in the bit about Barry Goldwater he seems to be a disgruntled person not familiar with our policies on citing sources and our normal venues for article discussion (and is rude and obnoxious about it, to boot). After having his addition removed from the article, he (Warren Boroson) writes:
To me, it's another example of Wikipedia being perceived as something which it is not, which is basically our fault. The two biggest misconceptions here are: a) that Wikipedia is an "encyclopaedia" with fact checking and editorial standards against publishing anything that is not known to be true b) that Wikipedia has "editors" who are "in charge" of its articles. This is particularly unfortunate - we use the term "editor" in the sense of someone who uses a text editor, rather than as a term of managerial responsibility.
I would like us to do something about these misconceptions, but I think I'm in the minority.
Steve