[WikiEN-l] Re: The Wiki meritocracy

Mon Dec 5 09:15:29 UTC 2005

"J.F. de Wolff" <jfdwolff at doctors.org.uk> wrote in 
message news:6.2.3.4.0.20051204201345.02894650 at mail1.doctors.org.uk...
[marvelous stuff snipped with a heavy heart]
> Wikipedia is not wiki. Indeed it is not. It is not a wiki like usemod and 
> Ward's wiki etc. It has ceased being egalitarian. The reason is: because 
> it is an encyclopedia. It aims at being an encyclopedia, not just a 
> collection of information for everyone to wade through without any 
> moderation, guidelines, structure or policy. [...] Because in the end the 
> main aim of Wikipedia is to produce an encyclopedia. Neutral. Verifiable. 
> Referenced. Coming to a mirror near you.

Hear, hear! Throw that editor a peanut! Heck, a bucket of peanuts :-)
-- 
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]]