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Larry Sanger on Wikipedia and World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-man-himself dept.

Phoe6 writes "MIT Tech Review is running an article on Larry Sanger, an epistemologist and the co-creator of Wikipedia. It is very interesting to know his views on Wikipedia. He says, 'To build a public encyclopedia, you don't need faith in the possibility of knowledge, What you have to have faith in is human beings being able to work together.'"

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  1. obligatory by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wikipedia article on Larry Sanger

    It had to be done ;-)

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    1. Re:obligatory by savagedome · · Score: 5, Funny

      You gotta do it true Wiki Style!

      Wikipedia article on Larry Sanger

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    2. Re:obligatory by Jon+Chatow · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, that's not "Wiki style"; on Wikipedia, we call that "Slashdot style".
      :-)

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    3. Re:obligatory by rabiteman · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, he shouldn't.

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  2. Re:mod article down by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    mod article down (Score:-1, Troll)
    wikipedia is a bunch of hyporcritical censoring liars. they love to censor certian types of poltical articles that don't match their agenda but they let opinion and bias sneek through if it fits their agenda

    Apparently the same applies to Slashdot mods...

  3. If I could mod... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I dont know if I should mod you +5 Harsh-but-true or -1 Who-cares-about-Bomis-anyway

    Yes, Jimbo ran a search portal that had pr0n on it. It's defunct. Nothing to see here, move along.

    1. Re:If I could mod... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      >The guy (Wales) who runs Wikipedia is a common pornographer.

      You say that like it's a bad thing.

  4. Cowboy Neal's Wiki by WizardRahl · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_disease

  5. Don't worry by presidentbeef · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the first Foundation - I mean Wikipedia falls, the second Foundation - I mean Wikipedia - on the other edge of the galaxy shall prevail. Encyclopedia Galactica?

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  6. I made a Wikipedia entry!! by rethin · · Score: 4, Funny

    well, sort of.

    I did a search for "revert wars" and came up empty.

    So I created an article (sort of)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revert_wars

    Lets see if we can't get this puppy fleshed out a little.

    Rethin

  7. Why Wiki sucks.... by mungtor · · Score: 4, Funny

    think of how dumb the average person is...

    Now realize thay 1/2 the world is even dumber than that.

  8. Re:Doomed by kamapuaa · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's true. That's why major science labs and reasearch facilities will never employ large teams of people to research and work together on a problem. Similarly, that's why use of outside research, consulting with other experts in the field, or use of the Internet, is so strongly discouraged in academic fields. It's because all great achievments come from lone solitary figures, such as Harry MacElhone or the Unabommer.

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