Steve Bennett wrote:
On 2/17/06, Jonathan dzonatas@dzonux.net wrote:
Wikipedia obviously tests how pure it can stay as an open content structure. It has, unfortunately, by the nature of blocks shimmered away from being pure. Can we change this so it can stay purely open content?
Without presuming to speak for Wikipedia, it specifically disclaims being any kind of experiment in anarchy, idealism etc (see [[WP:NOT]]). Afaik, it's exactly as open as is useful for building an encyclopaedia.
Steve
Let me clarify "tests." Wikipedia is highly ranked within Alexa, so it is undoubtedly very popular. It provides a popular medium of communication. That medium is tested -- not the rules (i.e. anarchy, idealism, etc). It is obvious that medium is provided to build an encyclopedia, which is about knowledge. Knowledge is power. Would you want to see such power to be used as a social weapon. I don't want to "test" that.