Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Todd Allen
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: > > Hoi, > > > > Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because > > research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better > > coverage > > at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
> On 26 July 2013 12:48, Fred Bauder wrote: > >> "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much >> lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to >> Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people >> experimenting with the new tools, rathe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread geni
On 26 July 2013 12:48, Fred Bauder wrote: > "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much > lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to > Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people > experimenting with the new tools, rather than

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread David Cuenca
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: > If systemic biased editing is not considered your statement would be > true. However, one of the side effects of our volunteeristic methods is > that systemic bias resulting from editing by groups and interests with > numberless agendas is ine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread David Gerard
On 26 July 2013 13:33, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much >> lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to >> Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
> Hoi, > > Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because > research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better > coverage > at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only > thing > I can agree with is that it is available at a much lower co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better coverage at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only thing I can agree with is that it is available at a much lower cost; it is the c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Fred Bauder > wrote: > >> "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much >> lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to >> Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people >> experimenting with the new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much > lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to > Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people > experimenting with the new tools, ra