At 08:04 am 02-03-05 -0800, Steve wrote: > FAIR WARNING: > > Wikipedia, like Vortex, has its own culture, and exists as a fairly > well-defined community along with their own written and unwritten rules. > The Wiki cold fusion page appears to be run by people who are for the most > part, very different from the people here on V. > > The Wikians pride themselves on representing mainstream science, and not > representing "fringe" POV (points of views), even though "fringe" POVs just > might happen to be far more knowledgeable and accurate. > > It might APPEAR as though one can just "jump in" and make a correction on > the "honor system" (for example, correcting the note about "no excess > heat") but be prepared - many of the Wiki veterans won't think twice about > immediately erasing your contribution and asking questions later.
My son's experience, exactly - 8-( But as one of my recusant ancestors might have said, ----------------------------------------------------------- "Let 'em have the bloody churches. We've got the Mass. 8^) ----------------------------------------------------------- Frank Grimer
