[Web4lib] Wikipedia vs Britannica

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu Dec 15 16:51:57 EST 2005


Anna Creech wrote:
> That is un-called for and un-professional. If anyone was still listening
> to your rants, I certainly hope they will be taking it with this bottle
> of salt you just threw into the discussion.

Really? John Creech posted a link that is essentially a personal attack 
on me after I posted that I didn't want to talk about specifics. He 
posted a link to a decontextualized discussion that doesn't include my 
opinion or perspective. This is one of the chief problems with 
Wikipedia. People supposedly know who I am, but I have no way of finding 
out who these other users are unless they use their real names.

There is no accountability on Wikipedia. Anonymous users can post 
anything about people and it all gets archived.

Chuck


More information about the Web4lib mailing list