tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post25892198283243933..comments2023-10-08T15:51:17.426+00:00Comments on Beyond Necessity: Plagiarism from old sourcesEdward Ockhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-13528866642906464662011-05-26T13:05:18.651+00:002011-05-26T13:05:18.651+00:00I mean, look at this pile of nonsense. But that&#...I mean, look at this <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8538333/Wikipedia-seeks-World-Heritage-Site-status.html" rel="nofollow">pile of nonsense</a>. But that's a subject for another post.Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-12229448129817892132011-05-26T13:00:55.401+00:002011-05-26T13:00:55.401+00:00>>If the claim is, crowdsourcing makes all w...>>If the claim is, crowdsourcing makes all wikipedia articles excellent, then it is trivially false. <br /><br />False, but not trivially false. <br /><br />>>If the claim is, crowdsourcing is capable of creating excellent articles, then it is trivially true.<br /><br />Not even non-trivially true.Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-77329780265001683482011-05-26T12:01:18.977+00:002011-05-26T12:01:18.977+00:00Just on a point of order: I'm an ex-climate-sc...Just on a point of order: I'm an ex-climate-scientist and present-day software engineer.<br /><br />I have more sympathy with your present post, but really all you're complaining about is that wikipedia has many poor articles. That isn't news, or in dispute.<br /><br />I'm not really sure exactly what claim about crowdsourcing you are calling false. If the claim is, crowdsourcing makes all wikipedia articles excellent, then it is trivially false. If the claim is, crowdsourcing is capable of creating excellent articles, then it is trivially true. Probably you mean something else, but what?William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com