[WikiEN-l] Larry's text

Fri Apr 18 12:05:14 UTC 2003

Rotem Dan wrote:

>>and it's the best we've got on Wikipedia so far -
>>better than nothing.
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>I agree it's better than nothing, and contributions
>should be welcomed (Especially by experts and
>scholars), but is an *encyclopedia* the right place to
>put this text in? I think that if you grant Larry to
>put his texts on the site, than you should grant
>*everyone* to put their own text. Then I should be
>allowed to add my own text about "knowledge" meaning
>nothing to me and the importance of smelly socks in
>the stream of consciousness of an old couch..
>
>  
>
I don't think that is what this is about.
Larry's text was posted here in the first few *weeks* of Wikipedia.
It was, AFAIK, posted to give the philosophy section a quick start. It 
just so happens that no decent philosopher has come along to rewrite it 
to read more like an encyclopedia article and less like Larry's personal 
notes.

Larry disagreed with Fred Bauder's edits of [[Reality]], largely because 
they were lousy. Even I could tell that with only philosophy 101 in my 
back pocket; if I had felt a little more compentent I would have helped 
at the time.

So, reiterating what I've said twice: it's not "larry's OWN text". It's 
been called "Larry's text" as an abbreviation. Please don't let's turn 
this into a huge issue where there is none.
oh, wait, it already has been.

 > you should grant *everyone* to put their own text

well, we already do.... note the "Edit text of this page" link ;-)