Comments on: Wikipedia on trial #1 http://things.auditblogs.com/2008/06/03/wikipedia-on-trial-1/ A blog of incomprehension Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: John A http://things.auditblogs.com/2008/06/03/wikipedia-on-trial-1/#comment-357 John A Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:11:48 +0000 http://things.auditblogs.com/2008/06/03/wikipedia-on-trial-1/#comment-357 True enough. Wikipedia is a tabloid encyclopedia of trivia. Anything else is simply a stretch of logic too far. True enough. Wikipedia is a tabloid encyclopedia of trivia. Anything else is simply a stretch of logic too far.

]]> By: Basho http://things.auditblogs.com/2008/06/03/wikipedia-on-trial-1/#comment-356 Basho Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:16:35 +0000 http://things.auditblogs.com/2008/06/03/wikipedia-on-trial-1/#comment-356 Clearly, Wikipedia was unable to resist including a passage concerning young boys with their trousers down being gleefully whipped. It's somewhat illustrative. Wikipedia in essence unleashes market forces (in the way of, whatever the majority of interested parties want will generally prevail) upon information in the environment of anonymity and convenience of the internet. It has been well documented that the sort of business most likely to succeed on the internet is pornography, so why should Wikipedia's output be any different? Clearly, Wikipedia was unable to resist including a passage concerning young boys with their trousers down being gleefully whipped.

It’s somewhat illustrative. Wikipedia in essence unleashes market forces (in the way of, whatever the majority of interested parties want will generally prevail) upon information in the environment of anonymity and convenience of the internet. It has been well documented that the sort of business most likely to succeed on the internet is pornography, so why should Wikipedia’s output be any different?

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