Re: [flalug] Dvorak - "Eventually, wikis will go downhill."

From: Khepri (khepri@perennialwisdom.com)
Date: Sun Jul 17 2005 - 21:13:43 EDT


It was John C. Dvorak, columnist at PC Magazine....:)

He's never been shy about writing controversial articles....keeps people
reading I suppose.

Chris in St.Pete

smitty wrote:
> I have been a wikipedia editor for almost 6 months and the process does
> work.
> It is not a smooth process. It is subject to vandalism and factional
> battles, but reason eventually does prevail. Whoever wrote that article
> does not know what he is talking about.
> Smitty
>
> Khepri wrote:
>
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1835857,00.asp
>>
>> Trash, criticize, bash (no pun intended)...
>>
>> And then trumps himself.
>>
>> "None of these mechanisms could actually work without someone breaking
>> the rules and moderating the processes. This is called editing, and
>> you just cannot avoid it."
>>
>> Which is why Wikipedia will always work. Review process.
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