Actually, reading through the article it never seems 'circle-jerking' or a 'cannonball' fired at Wikipedia. The article explains what happened. It then goes o

Actually, reading through the article it never seems 'circle-jerking' or a 'cannonball' fired at Wikipedia. The article explains what happened. It then goes on to discuss how Wikipedia airs its dirty laundry and on balance things generally work out OK - pretty much exactly what you said.