On 13 Mar 2007 at 17:06, "Steve Bennett" stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
In a book or newspaper, the editor has the final word. No Wikipedia *ever* has the final word. From a functional perspective, "real" editors and Wikipedia editors are similar. From an authority perspective, they're vastly different. And it's the authority side that is misreported all the time in newspapers.
So I guess the terminology is Wikipedia's "geek bias" showing up again... geeks tend to think of things in terms of the "functional perspective", while the outside world is more into power, authority, politics, personalities, and such.