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[Ray Saintonge]

Daniel R. Tobias wrote:

>On 14 May 2007 at 22:57:48 +0100, Guy Chapman aka JzG 
><guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
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>>All of which sums up why Gregory Kohs was doomed to frustration on
>>Wikipedia.
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>But at least he's devoting *some* of his efforts now to 
>constructively pursuing his own vision (as doomed as it might be) of  
>a wiki-based web directory, instead of bashing Wikipedia for not 
>being something it isn't.  I say let a thousand flowers bloom... the 
>web is big enough for Wikipedia, Centiaire, Citizendium, 
>Conservapedia (yuck!), and a bunch of other approaches to attempting 
>to build a cooperatively-edited compendium of information, with 
>different ground rules.  Let the best site win!
>
I don't think that it's about any side winning.  A will of desire to win 
can be a distraction from  one's goals.

Ec