Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:40:13 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wikipedia's perfection (was Re: Discussion of the relativeadvantages/disadvantages of PAE (was Re: Memory >3.5GB not used?)) Message-ID: <20070428144012.GA5691@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEAFCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <d7195cff0704271511u70172018hf73ff295afe71d3c@mail.gmail.com> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEAFCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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--OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:10:16AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > The true value of Wikipedia is that it can deal with controversial > subjects. ... on the other hand, for some instances it doesn't _deal_ with controversial subjects, but only reflects the most common opinion. Currently(*) the only way to see what's going on is to examine the history of changes to a given page, taking into account that since the updaters are anonymous there's no guarantee that one can relate their opinions to facts. (*) is there a guarantee that the change history will remain? If not, at that point one may as well delete wikipedia. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFGM1zLtIqByHxlDocRAiFaAJoDU6Xz9mAYIMyKrjGSigOScBUz+gCgmi2v MDhGn94e6qkK29uNgREFEP4= =MnCp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--
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