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>Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment. Wikipedia can never be the sum of all h
by sparkzilla 12y ago
>Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment.
Wikipedia can never be the sum of all human knowledge and anyone who thinks so is seriously deluded. The web in its entirety still doesn't include even a fraction of all knowledge. To think that one website -- a poorly designed one, with terrible software, design, media handling, policies and leadership -- is claiming this is simply laughable.
That goes for Wikipedia "protecting the internet". Protecting it from who exactly?
Wikipedia's leadership and its acolytes constantly use false utopian goals to justify their expansion into areas that they are ill-equipped to deal with (see: dangerous and incorrect medical data). It seems they are trying to use the same lofty ideals to carve out market protection in Africa.
- dictum 12y ago> Wikipedia can never be the sum of all human knowledge and anyone who thinks so is seriously deluded. Especially when any article that is not about something widely and globally known is deleted for lack of notability.
- adityab 12y agoOk. Instead of simply spouting vitriol, suggest an alternative service, solving the same problems, that you think genuinely cares about a fair internet. Or do you dismiss anyone who strives to make things better as "false utopian" and "acolytes"?
- sparkzilla 12y agoThat depends what you call a "fair" internet. There is a large body of people who don't believe Wikipedia embodies any kind of fairness. There are also many people who are trying to provide better information than Wikipedia. I have my own claim in that area and am happy to support others who see Wikipedia's failures for what they are -- right here, right now -- rather than some imaginary future ideal. Whatever the case, I don't think it is right for Wikipedia to claim special privileges and considerations based on utopian goals that will never happen -- that's politics not progress.
- pms 12y agoCould you provide any arguments, instead of just bashing Wikipedia?
- sparkzilla 12y agoSee above. Short version: We should all be wary of crap software that claims special exemptions due to lofty goals.
- NoahTheDuke 12y agoI'm not the OP, but Deletionism [0] is a serious detriment to the idea of "sum of all human knowledge." [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_in_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_i...