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Is Wikipedia Failing?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-successful-is-failing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A growing number of people are concerned about where Wikipedia is heading. Some have left Wikipedia for Citizendium, while others are trying to change the culture of Wikipedia from within. A recent essay called Wikipedia is failing points out many of the problems which must be solved with Wikipedia for it to succeed in its aim of becoming a reputable, reliable reference work. How would you go about solving these problems?"

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  1. Edit that article... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just edit the Wikipedia is Failing article to say it's fixed.

    1. Re:Edit that article... by daeg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Did you know that the population of African Elephants has tripled in the past six months?

    2. Re:Edit that article... by maniac/dev/null · · Score: 1, Funny

      Did you know that the population of African Elephants has tripled in the past penis months?

  2. Re:one word by Goaway · · Score: 1, Funny

    The best encyclopedia you cannot read ever!

  3. Re:Uhh... by Goaway · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oops, looks like I offended some people who have nothing better to do with their time than create accounts on every single website on the internet.

  4. Netcraft confirms... by chazzf · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...that Wikipedia is dying.

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    No statement is true, not even this one.
  5. Oh the Irony by CrazyTalk · · Score: 4, Funny

    An article about why Wikipedia is failing...that is posted in Wikipedia? So if Wikipedia is not accurate, that means that the article that says it is not accurate is not accurate, which means that it is accurate, which means......Oww, my head is going to explode!

  6. Re:Well... by Larry+Sanger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Updated approved version of "Biology" just uploaded (accessible from the main page).