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15. There was excellent example of this in Wired once; "Randy in Boise"

Reply to Dark n Stormy Knight (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 09:55 AM

Dec 2016

But why should I contribute to an article? I'm no expert.

That's fine. The Wikipedia philosophy can be summed up thusly: "Experts are scum." For some reason people who spend 40 years learning everything they can about, say, the Peloponnesian War — and indeed, advancing the body of human knowledge — get all pissy when their contributions are edited away by Randy in Boise who heard somewhere that sword-wielding skeletons were involved. And they get downright irate when asked politely to engage in discourse with Randy until the sword-skeleton theory can be incorporated into the article without passing judgment.

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Reminder that Wikipedia is having a fundraiser... [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 OP

Thanks for the encouragement! List left Dec 2016 #1

Cool......thank you. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #5

I gave, because I go there all the time ailsagirl Dec 2016 #2

No money from me. Wikipedia is part of the problem. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #3

The above references 3 websites in an argument for relying on "experts" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #4

I do agree with you that Wikipedia is handy as a quick reference tool. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #12

Compendium "has not exactly worked well," dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #16

What is so bad about being anti elitism? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #6

See my response Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #11

Quick question...... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #9

No, DU is not anti-elite. I can guarantee you that the great majority of DUers would choose elites Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #10

There was excellent example of this in Wired once; "Randy in Boise" Tarc Dec 2016 #15

What specifically leads you to believe the ideology behind Wiki and Trump's campaign run parallel? LanternWaste Dec 2016 #8

Thank you for the reminder... Dalai_1 Dec 2016 #13

Oh please, you're just dropping more money into Jimbo Wales' yacht fund Tarc Dec 2016 #14

when / if I get out of this mess, I will give to real people with needs demtenjeep Dec 2016 #17