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Re: Is Wikipedia taking over the net?

Fritz M wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> I sure hope so. It will stop a trend of random, unreliable sources of
>> information.
> 
> Yes, much information from he web is unreliable because of anonymous
> authorship, lack of credibility, no cites, obscure or non-existent
> sources, and ignorant and biased editors.
> 
> Wikipedia is *so* much better, with their anonymous authorship of
> articles, lack of credibility, no cites, obscure or non-existant
> sources, and ignorant and biased editors.

I take your point. I agree that such a system would never work, yet it is
more difficult to 'fool' than most. Maybe they can introduce a
mod-point-like system whereby authors earn a measure of credibility.

Roy

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