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

Gar Lipow gar.lipow at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 18:53:59 PDT 2011


On any topic where this no well organized effort to suppress true information or spread false information Wikipedia is great.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> 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?
>
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