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Re:A Wikipedia editor's campaign to discredit anti-war campa... by bawolff on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @03:38AM (#26789227)
Its not that Sanger is criticizing wikipedia, its that his criticism isn't particularly insightful (imo) and its been getting repetitive.

Like all monopolies, criticism of wikipedia is essential to wikipedia. There is very little effective competition to wikipedia so criticism is important lest it becomes complacent. Sanger is just failing to deliver.

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Re:A Wikipedia editor's campaign to discredit anti-war campa... by duskwuff on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:58PM (#26796417)
And it's that Sanger really isn't the expert on Wikipedia (or on community-building in general) that he claims to be. Sure, he was involved with Wikipedia in its early days -- but that was 20 years ago. That experience is largely irrelevant in commenting on Wikipedia as it exists today, because the organization has evolved significantly over that time, and he hasn't been involved in that process.
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