[WikiEN-l] Knol goes live

[Brian]

*whoosh*

On 7/23/08, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  > Man, one new yorker cartoon per article. Why didn't wikipedia think of
>  > that?
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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.
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>  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.
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>  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.
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>  --
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> Dan Rosenthal
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