On 10/31/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I posted the link above, as I'm trying to wean myself from posting
> Wikipedia links - I've come to have misgivings about how easily it
> can be gamed (indeed, how it games itself) - [1] is an example, I
> personally know of more.

>From [1]'s blog "The Wikipedia situation is now sorted..."
http://sammymorse.livejournal.com/34306.html

> A great summary of all of the pluses and minuses of Wikipedia can be
> found in the discussion here [2]. Cory, want to add anything to your
> thought-provoking argument *for* Wikipedia on Making Light?
>
> I thought I'd ask the hivemind here for their thoughts, pro and con.

Shrug. Wikipedia isn't perfect, the criticisms are valid, but... so what?

> Just another datum to add to the mix - the _current_ incarnation of
> the Wikipedia entry for EDGE [3]  is more comprehensive than the
> gsmworld one. :-\

And yet you decline to cite it, even by version (to avoid possible
future bad edits?) Why?

-- Charles

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