Posted on 11/19/2006 2:15:50 PM PST by IsraelBeach
I think it is fair of the University of Oklahoma not to let Students use Wikipedia as a source, but Students can use Wikipedia which will list other outside sources to support it's information, and some of those they can use.
"People have different ideas on how articles should read, they can't arrive at a compromise and are just constantly duking it out." On Citizendium, anyone can submit or edit articles, just like you can on Wikipedia. But Citizendium will provide gentle guidance from so-called editors when needed.
"I would like these articles to be high quality and approved by people who can genuinely be called experts," Sanger said. About three weeks in, Sanger says the response has been good. "We've got 300 people on the forums," he said. Citizendium will start as a mirror image of Wikipedia, then evolve into its own creation. "Ultimately we'll not see giant encyclopedia, new reference works and knowledge content resources of a kind you've never seen before. The potential is just absolutely amazing," Sanger said. You can edit articles on Wikipedia anonymously, but to use Citizendium, you have to provide your real name.
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Yep. Moments ago, somebody in another thread mentioned tunnels under Georgia Tech, which led me to wonder if that might have been the site where the Dungeons and Dragons kid disappeared. A search led me to Wiki, which gave me the full story (it was Michigan State). Wiki is good for stupid stuff like finding out what white Kryptonite does, too. I just avoid the political stuff, which drives me crazy. But, people who like fighting with lefties can have fun trying to get their version to be the accepted version.
A pleasure to meet you, you have a outstanding resume. I know I can not match your intelligence, but I sure do have opinions.
The article was written by an anonymous Wikipedia user traceable only to a BellSouth Internet account, but Seigenthaler added that the giant ISP wouldn't reveal the author's name.
And despite his protestations, Seigenthaler wrote, Wikipedia's only action prior to removing the offending article on Oct. 5 was to change a misspelling on May 29, just three days after it was originally posted.
"I have no idea whose sick mind conceived the false, malicious "biography" that appeared under my name for 132 days on Wikipedia, the popular, online, free encyclopedia whose authors are unknown and virtually untraceable. I phoned Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder and asked, "Do you ... have any way to know who wrote that?" "No, we don't," he said. Representatives of the other two Websites said their computers are programmed to copy data verbatim from Wikipedia, never checking whether it is false or factual. Naturally, I want to unmask my "biographer." And, I am interested in letting many people know that Wikipedia is a flawed and irresponsible research tool."
"When I was a child, my mother lectured me on the evils of "gossip." She held a feather pillow and said, "If I tear this open, the feathers will fly to the four winds, and I could never get them back in the pillow. That's how it is when you spread mean things about people." For me, that pillow is a metaphor for Wikipedia."
Why isn't the name of the Quinnipiac Professor given?
There is so much in the article, that instead of picking from it, I would suggest these points. The idea of the Wiki is to create a free encyclopedia on the internet that will never be controlled from the top down by the elites. There is nothing to stop conservatives from posting so the argument it is liberal is only true to the extent that conservatives fail to act in their own best interests. Some facts sometime are wrong or slanted. The same is true more so with the controlled media.
Finally, the postings on Wikis are generally clear text, which is not the most efficent manner to move a virus or trojan. It seems the author may be suggesting the concept of a meme as if it were a virus. Or, maybe someone in Israel would prefer we don't read material from that partucular free site.
Remember, in the long term, that site will save you from spending hundreds of dollars for your kids to have an expensive set of out-of-date books.
People believe what they want to believe, for the most part. Another quote, for you "A Lie can be half way around the world, before Truth can get it's pants on."
As I said...
As I said...
Yes, who would think that I, a wife ,mother of a graduate student, and former elementary educator would be able to have a conversation about "wikipedia" with someone who has your background.
I like Wikipedia, I think it is great that people can post information, it is freeing , just like the internet is. Flawed, but also very enlightening.
But, people who like fighting with lefties can have fun trying to get their version to be the accepted version.
look at the entry on PETA (mega barf)
thank you - point taken. I remember that.
just goes to show the downside of a half-way decent idea.
Nobel invented dynamite with the idea it would be used for industrail\peaceful purposes.
So much for good ideas\intentions.
Dang it...you've got me seeing double again tonite....
Here's a totally un-scientific speculation...
If you like Wiki,
You like Rudy...
Sounds like Joel is annoyed that everybody doesn't put his spin on things.
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