[Wikipedia-l] Look Who's Using Wikipedia ... gerardm

[Walter van Kalken]

The problem is with the current rules on en.wikipedia which are totally 
geared towards western style relevance and references ,and the bias 
amongst editors,  it is difficult to get the same debt for Africa, Asia 
and South America. Something has got to give. And the rules will never 
be changed because of the western pov of most of our editors. So we will 
have to accept that we will be weak in these areas forever. Or somehow 
with a miracle an exception clause has to be made for topics regarding 
this area.

Waerth

>Hoi.
>Wikipedia is very much lacking in all areas.. What Wikipedia are you 
>talking about; it is not the same situation on all Wikipedias.. On the 
>English Wikipedia I would say that subjects to do with Africa, Asia and 
>South America could use a lot of refinement. One topic I think is 
>worrisome is the lack of a full picture for Iran. It really makes it 
>easy to paint them as a villain when there is so little public knowledge 
>about the people, the country and the culture.
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>The en.wikipedia is strong on Pokemon, when there is an invasion of 
>these creatures we know all there is to know about them. :)
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>Thanks,
>   GerardM
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>Frederick Noronha schreef:
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>>Could someone hazard a guess on which areas the Wikipedia is strong
>>in, and which areas it is still lacking? FN
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>>>On 3/6/07, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>I really don't think "we" all in agreement on what "we" want.
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>>>>I do not have a problem with people using Wikipedia as a primary
>>>>source for information. When it comes to certain topics, I would
>>>>encourage it because I have confidence in our accuracy and wide
>>>>coverage.
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>>>>However, I would not encourage people to stake their fortune or their
>>>>health on Wikipedia at all, and there are certain topics that I would
>>>>discourage people from using Wikipedia as a primary source or in some
>>>>cases even a secondary source for (pretty much anything related to
>>>>Eastern Europe, all of which is still definitely a Work In Progress
>>>>when it comes to POV).
>>>>
>>>>Mark
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