[lbo-talk] Why I love Wikipedia [was: Why I hate Wikipedia]

[Carrol Cox]

Starting about 10 years ago my retrieval of proper names began to weaken.
The earliest instance I remember was when I wanted to mention Edmund Burke
in a post -- and had to grab an anthology off the shelf a few feet away to
check the table of contents. The problem has grown since then.  I'll
remember even the jacket design and a number passages, as well as the title,
andnot be able to recall the author. Google never fails, & the most
convenient hit is often to Wiki: for this purpose I don't give a damn what
their politics are. 

Cadrrol 

On 6/22/2011 8:34 PM, Bill Quimby wrote: Sorry to be obtuse, but we change,
they change, we change, they change - where is the end? Are we hoping that
after all these actions at least 50% of the inquiries will see the correct
version? Are we happy with that? Are we happy with an entire life spent
correcting entries? And after death - are you sure that there will be
somebody to carry on the corrections? 

I have read suggestions of a left wiki - maybe we should devote energies to
that instead? 

- Bill 

Why don't you just open an account and change it? Here, I started by
deleting the Hudson Institute crap: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governance_of_the_Gaza_Strip&actio
n=history 

Last edit I'll make, though, otherwise I'll be accused of starting an "edit
war," and do so want to avoid conflict escalation... but anyone else can
help out. 

People do realize that Wikipedia is the first reference source for millions
of people, right?