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Our Love/Hate Relationship With Wikipedia
netbuzz points us to a somewhat snarky Washington Post article about the Wikipedians' work in upholding a minimum standard of "notability" for the collaborative encyclopedia. Here's his take on the Post's bemusement from a NetworkWorld blog: "The Washington Post this morning gets its snickers at the Wikipedians who do the best they can to apply the minimum 'notability' standards needed to keep the online encyclopedia's 1.5 million English entries relatively free of worthless junk. 'It's also safe to assume these are people with a lot of time on their hands,' the Post writer notes... These are people doing a truly thankless job... and they deserve a few thank-yous."
Sheesh.
1: The measure of a chef is how good he can make ANY ingredients. If Emeril couldn't turn stale bread and barely-edible beef into a good meal, he wouldn't have a show.
2: Regarding your sig, the American left stands for liberty, community, and equality. It only seems like they're only negative because the Right doesn't give them any credit for their good ideas, so after the third or fourth co-opted idea they stopped offering any new ones until the next administration change.