Comments on: Wikipedia’s Community-Based Business Model – Jimmy Wales

By: metainfinity

metainfinity — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

Thank God for …
Thank God for wikipedia.

By: QuasistellarQuark

QuasistellarQuark — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

If the position …
If the position opens I would like to be nominated for Wikipedia Reader in Chief.

By: GOPsithlord

GOPsithlord — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

I only use wiki as …
I only use wiki as a door to more reputable and legitimate sources. If there’s one thing I can credit wikipedia with its at least growing more conscious of citing when source material is questionable and being able to check the source is extremely useful.

By: Steadno

Steadno — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

i use wiki every …
i use wiki every day!

By: polymath7

polymath7 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

And this in an …
And this in an article on Jackson Pollack:

“Pollack’s iconic 1949 masterpiece ‘Blue Poles’ was painted with groundbreaking technique that Pollack himself had just pioneered: He affixed a brush to the tail of one of the horses on his Colorado ranch and held his canvas in the path of its errant swipes. It is a fascinating technique whose ingenuity has rightly been much celebrated.:.”

Both were expunged almost immediately.

By: polymath7

polymath7 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

As a test I once …
As a test I once placed the following in an article on the physics of light:

“In 1702, Newton demonstrated that the speed of light -on Earth- to be just over 146 feet per second (fps)
However he was laboring at the dawn of the eighteenth century and had no way of knowing that the speed of light varies relative to the force exerted upon by gravity.
For example, the speed of light at surface level on mars is 256.097 fps.
On Jupiter it is a comparatively sluggish 62.017 fps…

By: wrongheadedfool

wrongheadedfool — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

Of course the flip …
Of course the flip side of this is that there are many, many horror stories about the volunteer staff for Wikipedia going on power trips, reverting legitimate edits, and generally acting like pricks. And with so few staff the people who do this are almost never caught.

Don’t get me wrong, I like and use Wikipedia. But they are paying a price for having so few employees.

By: Leobons

Leobons — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

Good that Skype …
Good that Skype doesn’t have only 30 though. Customer service phone would be a pain

By: mistafied187

mistafied187 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:08:08 +0000

Thank You Wiki!
Thank You Wiki!