After having authored 8 article on Wikipedia and submitted at least an equal number of edits and modifications, I've totally given up on Wikipedia. The administrator-editors are capricious, rude and self interested. (If this were a wikipedia article, I'd cite that fact, but it would be deleted within 24 hours.)
I have never seen volunteer expertise and time so blatantly undervalued in an open source community by a select subset of empowered users.
As more people realize how poorly managed Wikipedia is, fewer will rely rely on it. I no longer recognize its authority on any topic of import.
Wikipedia now represents the opinions of a franchised minority with obvious self-interest. You're better off consulting Brittanica, unfortunately.
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After having authored 8 article on Wikipedia and submitted at least an equal number of edits and modifications, I've totally given up on Wikipedia. The administrator-editors are capricious, rude and self interested. (If this were a wikipedia article, I'd cite that fact, but it would be deleted within 24 hours.) I have never seen volunteer expertise and time so blatantly undervalued in an open source community by a select subset of empowered users. As more people realize how poorly managed Wikipedia is, fewer will rely rely on it. I no longer recognize its authority on any topic of import. Wikipedia now represents the opinions of a franchised minority with obvious self-interest. You're better off consulting Brittanica, unfortunately.