[Wikipedia-l] A parallel World Wide Web?

André Müller andrew1985 at gmx.de
Wed Jun 2 20:15:02 UTC 2004


Ä littel Kwestchen vor Ulrich Fuchs:

> As an encyclopaedia, we should reduce noise.
> Instead we are creating noise by accepting articles on any subject.

What exactly do you mean by "noise" and "superfluous trivia"? Do you
mean that people tend to add completely unnecessary information to the
entries that can make others lose the overview; and the creation of
entries on subjects no one would ever be looking for?
At least that's how I understood it. If that's what you mean, then I
don't really see a problem in that (or I do not *want* to see it). The
aim of the Wikipedia - in Esperanto I'd call it the "fina venko" - is to
create an encyclopedia or database containing all the human knowledge.
Of course this aim can never be reached, but it should be approximated
as close as possible. 

- André




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