The literacy needed is not very different from literacy needed to navigate scholarly conflicts, and it’s a good thing that a broader group is getting trained on that, even if the edit wars are far less decorous
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American Chopper meme about Wikipedia edit wars when
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I think that is what Venk is describing as his utopian society.
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Replying to @nils_gilman @Aelkus and
And btw, you’re Elkusing the thread again!
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Simple test: do you *really* think the world would be a better informed place in a broad sense if Wikipedia were shut down by law today? If yes then I walk away from this thread jaw open and doubting your sanity.
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The minor cost is a bunch of newly-shallowly-informed people arguing with experts not used to being challenged at all The major benefit is overall higher knowledge levels, though at (acceptable) higher noise levels
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