----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan" <nawr...@gmail.com> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?
> It's always been my impression that you fundamentally disagree with > the idea of allowing a popular reference work to be written by anyone > who wants to participate, advanced education or no. Perhaps this is > because you view Wikipedia as an attempt at educating the public. Then your impression was wrong. I think the system should make it easier for those with a knowledge of their subject to edit, that's all. I have always been excited by the way that a crowd of mostly amateurs can write perfectly good articles in a way that is accurate and interesting. There is much to praise in Wikipedia. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
