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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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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How literally do you mean that analogy? "No wikipedia citations in term papers" level, or "You must be 21 or older to read wikipedia"?


