OrionWorks wrote:
Some thoughts regarding Wikipedia faults.
While I can sympathize with Jed's frustration with Wiki's apparent
inability to resolve informational disputes concerning CF,
particularly when opposing points start battling for dominance I'm
not willing to go as far as proclaiming it's a failed experiment.
The problem, as I see it, is that Wikipidia is still a growing &
evolving repository of information where the collection and
dissemination of information is not yet fully understood nor what
kinds of mechanisms should be in place in order to help maintain
accurate information.
I agree that with changes Wikipedia could become a reasonable source
of information. But as far as I know the people who run Wikipedia are
satisfied and not thinking of implementing changes.
What they need is something a bit closer to the traditional academic
model of peer review and expertise. Of course this model has often
failed in the past, and it has failed drastically for cold fusion,
but no set of rules always succeeds in eliminating politics and folly.
- Jed
