[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia as an "argument sponge"?

[Slim Virgin]

On 4/24/07, Joseph Reagle <reagle at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> There is a (sort of tongue-in-cheek) commentary of Wikipedia that speaks of
> it and its articles as something like a "debate sponge", or "conflict
> attractor". I have the source somewhere in my bibliography (of thousands of
> entries) but can't find it. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
>
Article in Wired calls it an argument engine.
http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/commentary/alttext/2006/04/70670