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The Register Takes Aim at Wikipedia Again
Syberghost writes "The Register has fired off another salvo in their long-running war of words with Wikipedia, in the form of an article about the lack of "moral responsibility" from the operators of Wikipedia. Wikipedia users fired back less than an hour later, making the Register headline obsolete."
Does anyone actually care? No. Will people that pretend to care continue to harass those that don't give a penguin's scrote? Yes. Is it going to rain before the end of the week? Sure. Will someone post that there is no way in hades you can get people that don't care to come here and read about people that do? Absolutely. Do I care? You figure it out.
Note that wp says this concerning the meaning of 'openeness'. No entry. Did you mean: 'I'm so damn excited!!!'
Please do not go referring to people who pose a different opinion than yours as "trolls". "Troll" has become the Internet equivalent of "terrorism", as used by American and British politicians. The word "troll" has been misused so many times that it means nothing any more. If anything, it just makes the person who uses it against another look bad. It shows a lack of proper debating style.
That said, the Register reporters are pointing out serious problems with the structure and functionality of Wikipedia. It's better for these issues to be addressed in public, with proceedings that we can all see and participate in. In the end the community as a whole will be better off if all media is held to very high standards.
So instead of resorting to ad hominem attacks and throwing out buzzwords like "troll", let's put our heads together and come up with a way that we can fix the problems with Wikipedia. At least then we're doing something productive, and we will benefit in the end.
Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
>> Wikipedia calls itself an encyclopedia. It should at least resemble what it claims to be: An encyclopedia is a written compendium of knowledge.
No one is stopping you from founding your own encyclopedia.
Yeah, I thought so.
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