[WikiEN-l] Knol goes live

[Dan Rosenthal]

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Because encyclopedias should not be relying on self-aggrandizing, unfunny,
and poorly considered cartoons such as the New Yorker; and we should be
focusing on legitimate information.

Case in point: Would the Barack Obama article be improved by the inevitable
inclusion of the incredibly offensive and almost universally criticized
cartoon of him in terrorist garb fist-bumping an afro wearing militant
Michelle Obama? Yes, that's certainly neutral point of view right there.
Ignoring for a second the epic fail in their poor taste attempt at satire,
the New Yorker's cartoons are by definition non-neutral, and as such would
unduly skew any Wikipedia article they were added to.

It's just more of a sign that Knol is not actually even attempting to be a
competitor to Wikipedia, and rather a whole different genre of product.

-- 
Dan Rosenthal