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@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/21/08, James Farrar james.farrar@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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