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[stanleylieber]

http://www.wikipedia-watch.org

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[blndsnnts]

It *does* need to be watched closely. Especially since a sailor with two chicks is in charge of it.

But aside from that, look at the slightly impressive Kathy Acker page I'm slightly responsible for beautifying.

[stanleylieber]

A worthy addition. I read recently that even Wikipedia's founder is somewhat unhappy with how it has filled out. I suspect a fork(s) is imminent.

[joshcomics]

I live in St. Pete and it's funny because that address for Wikimedia is the UPS store I go to make copies.

[stanleylieber]

Ha!

[silenceinspades]

things like this make me hate the internet. but then i look at rickmoranis.com and i remember why i love it.

actually the whole what is 'valid' information discussion is interesting. too interesting for me this early in the morning, in fact.

[stanleylieber]

Regardless, Wikipedia is still awesome as a huge index of paths to information. While it may not always be 100% accurate, I think it's more reliable than not knowing shit about anything in the first place. Amazon.com is useful in a similar way; it's like a concentrated search tool for finding relevant bits of information.

[silenceinspades]

i agree.
what seems interesting to me though is that wikipedia is passing judgement on what information it deems relevent or truthful. an anonymous group of users is deciding what knowledge is valid and what isn't. it's the sort of thing that people assume goes on in mass culture but on this small scale it's visible.

keeping in mind i'd much rather read an online encyclopedia that is filled with lies.

[stanleylieber]

Just imagine the debates over what goes into mainstream (print) encyclopedias that are conducted entirely behind closed doors.

[crisper]

Was just talking with friends about Wikipedia abuse over the weekend. I continue to be fascinated by its occasional forgetfulness to indicate what is fiction and what is actual history. And of course, the sad implications that are raised every time you find that there is more raw data assembled and meticulously edited on the house rivalries of Hogwarts than on the fall of the Roman Republic, or some such. Still, quite aside from its demonstrated usefulness as a body of information, the discussions of such topics as Scientology and Yasser Arafat warm the little alt.flame part of my heart that went into hibernation when Usenet's usefulness went into the toilet.

[stanleylieber]

There is probably useful data to be gleaned by studying which articles do not arouse entrenched debate.

[crisper]

You know, it's never occurred to me to look for any.

[w_e_quimby]

Hmm.

[stanleylieber]

We should register http://www.wikipedia-watch-watch.org.

[w_e_quimby]

HAHAHAHA

[w_e_quimby]

We should.