[WikiEN-l] What en:wp would look like printed out

[Vee]

On 29/08/2007, Adrian <aldebaer at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> David Gerard schrieb:
> >
> http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/2007/08/29/what-wikipedia-would-look-like-if-on-paper-broken-down/
> >
> The comment associated with " ...in Popular Culture" (i.e. Family Guy)
> has my full support.
>
> A certain commentary at
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/30/142458/25 comes to mind. Again.
> Seriously, why can't we? We're getting swamped with fan-writing on all
> sorts of topics, much of it related to popular culture. I believe we
> need to reign this in before even more intellectual editors decide leave
> this kindergarten. Why is fan enthusiam encouraged over professional
> enthusiasm? It may give Wikipedia greater popularity in the short run,
> but it's ruining it in the long run. Or is it just me?
>
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I don't really mind people writing about what they are interested in - their
favourite band/soap opera/movie/whatever - but "x in popular culture"
sections/articles really do need to go.