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Essay:What's wrong with Wikipedia (view source)

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my thoughts on Wikipedia
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Ironically, this anti-elitism was supposed to be a reaction to censorship. It has itself become censorship. Wikipedia has become the monster it was fighting against.
 
Ironically, this anti-elitism was supposed to be a reaction to censorship. It has itself become censorship. Wikipedia has become the monster it was fighting against.
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: Thanks for contributing this original work.  You may want to place something in the title to attract others to contribute here, such as "Essay" or "Original Work."  As in a university, I think original work is essential to maintain the vitality of an intellectual endeavor.  I think this is a major flaw to Wikipedia that it bans all original work.
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: I agree with your points above.  There is a brain drain at Wikipedia, as the least common denominator forms a mob and bullies higher quality contributors.  It does not take a bright guy long to decide he doesn't need to have his work bossed by anonymous, biased, and often uninformed strangers.  The smarter editors leave.  Larry Sanger is trying to create a type of home for them, but I doubt that will work either.
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: I think a coherent group of principles are essential to make this type of project work.  Even people who disagree with some of the rules are glad they are there to curb mobocracy.  The rules against obscenity and gossip, for example, are essential.  Wikipedia could eventually collapse for lack of those rules alone.
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: History shows us what happened with the "neutral" French Revolution and the Chinese Cultural Revolution.  I think Wikipedia is headed in the same direction.  I expect in-fighting to continue there and I think more bright editors will ask to join us here.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:54, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
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