[WikiEN-l] Re: Articles like "Violence against Israelis"

Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales jwales at wikia.com
Sun Sep 5 09:22:53 UTC 2004


phil hunt wrote:
> >The very idea of Wikipedia, it seems to me, is to avoid the dominance 
> >of any one group or person.
> 
> I thought it was to create an encyclopedia.

It is my view that the second requires the first.  That is, in order to
create a high quality and neutral encyclopedia, it is important to avoid
the dominance of any one group or person.

These two things are not in conflict, they are part of a principled whole.

--Jimbo



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