[WikiEN-l] Found on Usenet

[aliasd]

Its funny...

This totally random piece of flamebait has actually turned into a bit of a
pub conversation!

Seriously though, this usenet post does represent a very usenet-centric
perspective of the world... Accept it and move on. If we really did feel we
had to defend Wikipedia against every single bit of random biased uninformed
negative banter, we really would have our work cut out for ourselves.

On a slightly related note, whats that term for a PR attempt that actually
backfires and brings bad publicity into the spotlight? Kinda like what you
all may have done with WR?

On Jan 21, 2008 11:05 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/21/08, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wikipedia's main weakness is that, at base, it's a pub conversation.
> > It's a large pub conversation, and is open to contributions from
> > passers-by who know their onions, but it's still basically a bunch of
> > interested people who might -- or might not -- know much about
> > something, having a chat."
>
> I would say, more like a Mensa meeting or something. Read an article
> about trains, and the contributors aren't "passers-by", they're train
> nuts who went out of their way to find a forum that actually wants
> their ridiculous level of knowleddge on the subject.
>
> The really crappy areas are ones where there are no subject areas, and
> really broad terms.
>
> Steve
>
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