Posted on 04/16/2005 8:24:12 PM PDT by Utah Eagle
I'm sure many of you have heard of Wikipedia, the so-called "Free Encyclopedia". For those that haven't, here's a quick run-down. The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, made his fortune in the dot-com boom from his company Bomis. Bomis made its money both as a search portal, and by the sale of "erotic images". Wales is a self-admitted admirer of Ayn Rand and her Godless philosophical system called Objectivism.
Wikipedia originated from Nupedia, one of the first attempts for an internet-based free encyclopedia. Unlike Nupedia, however, which required highly qualified contributors and implemented a rigorous system of peer review, Wikipedia allows anyone to edit from the collection of over 500,000 English articles. A third-grade student from California has the same ability to edit as tenured professors from prestigous learning institutions.
If you haven't heard of Wikipedia yet, you certainly will in the future. According to Alexa.com, Wikipedia is the 116th most visited website on the Internet. By comparison, Encyclopedia Britannica is ranked 2,153.
The political left, as any informed American would expect, has aggressively taken to edit Wikipedia. Not only does the left form an overwhelming number of the Wikipedia editors, but they have shrewdly established themselves both in the formal and informal power structure of Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia article about Terri Schiavo demonstrates the inner workings of the leftist Wikipedia cabal. The first sentence of the article speaks volumes: "Theresa Marie Schiavo (3 December 1963 - 21 March 2005), commonly known as Terri Schiavo, was an American woman from St. Petersburg, Florida who spent the last 15 years of her life in a persistent vegetative state." Note that it unambiguously declares that Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state. Not once, in the first two paragraphs of the article, is the significant amount of evidence pointing towards a "minimally conscious state" mentioned (one has to scroll down 10 pages to find that).
The article is rife with ad hominem attacks against the supporters of the Schindler family. For example, Dr. William Chesire, Jr. is attacked as having "written opinion articles on stem-cell research and other scientific debates espousing a conservative Christian viewpoint," and the intellectual honesty of Dr. William Hammesfahr is challenged.
The madness continues.
The Wikipedia left dominate the process of writing such articles. Although anyone is free to edit, and introduce facts and neutrality to articles, such changes rarely last long. The liberal army of death continues to write history on Wikipedia.
Google's run by two big leftist donors. Don't think for a second it will ever slap down Wayleftipedia.
Ping to read after sleep clears my head...
"Google Corp is composed almost exclusively of liberal democrats. They made it a policy from the start to hire lefties [...]"
Is there any reason to believe that? Or are you just spewing drivel?
>>Ayn Rand and her Godless philosophical system called Objectivism.
Godless?
Ayn Rand went goo-goo, gah gah over what the Founding Fathers put together. She pined that they "almost got it right" - but, by leaving the door ever so slightly open that the left wing, altruists could drive a truck through, we're in a mess getting messier.
Her writings of experiences with communism and later celebration of free-market capitalism hardly mentions her atheism.
Wikipedia is proof that one can get less than ones pays for.
What is this? The article says "right-wing", so someone writes "left-wing", and then someone else comes around deletes the "left-wing" and writes "moderate democrat".. That is just nuts. I've never heard of Wikipedia, but what you are describing is more akin to this message board, than an encyclopedia. Even here I don't expect that my post can be edited by a poster with a dissenting view. If such were the case, I would visit this site no longer.
There can be no comparing Free Republic with Wikipedia...
If you don't GET it that Wikipedia is a Leftwhing sham diguised as "an open Dictionary", I'm sorry, I can't get it for you.
It's a collection of Leftwhing suspicions and opinion.
F.R. post's legitimate articles and the member offer commentary.
-nuff said/.
Google employees gave $207,650 to federal candidates for last year's elections, up from just $250 in 2000 when it was still a start-up. And 98% went to Democrats, the biggest share among top tech donors, a new USA TODAY campaign finance analysis shows.
I'll second that. It is amateurish and I don't bother with it anymore.
Ahhh but they doooo they dooooooooo! Go and check.. -all traces of any edit that doesn't relect Leftist views gets edited out...
Wikipedia is a total JOKE.
I apologize, no sarcasm was intended. And there is nothing juvenile about offering opinion and facts for discussion.
The Freepers did not "overwhelmingly disagree".
Wikipedia slants to the far Left and is as useless as Moveon.org or Democraticunderground. Sorry that YOU happen to disagree, but I respectfully submit that you are lacking in situational awareness Sir.
Wikipedia provides largely anti-American, anti-Conservative, Anti-Bush DISINFORMATION and slanted opinion.
There's really nothing more to discuss here, I have no idea why you or anyone else is denying that this is the case.
Comments solicited.
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