From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 14:40:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5701F16A402 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:40:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1608F13C448 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:40:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id l3SEeDlj007471 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:40:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id l3SEeD91007470 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:40:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:40:13 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070428144012.GA5691@saltmine.radix.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Subject: Re: Wikipedia's perfection (was Re: Discussion of the relativeadvantages/disadvantages of PAE (was Re: Memory >3.5GB not used?)) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:40:14 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:10:16AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > The true value of Wikipedia is that it can deal with controversial > subjects. ... on the other hand, for some instances it doesn't _deal_ with controversial subjects, but only reflects the most common opinion. Currently(*) the only way to see what's going on is to examine the history of changes to a given page, taking into account that since the updaters are anonymous there's no guarantee that one can relate their opinions to facts. (*) is there a guarantee that the change history will remain? If not, at that point one may as well delete wikipedia. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFGM1zLtIqByHxlDocRAiFaAJoDU6Xz9mAYIMyKrjGSigOScBUz+gCgmi2v MDhGn94e6qkK29uNgREFEP4= =MnCp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--