Re:My Wikipedia page is being deleted because I'm no longer ...
by tivert on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @01:02AM
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> All the rules, bureaucracy and lawyering has produced a remarkable resource.
Eh, I'm not so impressed. I've seen how the sausage is made. IMHO, a lot of its kudos is due breadth (which is legitimately impressive) and to people trusting it because it's cheap (i.e. it's good because I happen to use it).
> I'm sure it's easy to find anecdotes of failures, but if it does well in most cases,
Wikipedia likes to toot its own horn about how it's detected and corrected 100% of the problems its detected and corrected.
> and better than any other alternative
Mainly due to a race to the bottom that's left no other alternative, because most people have low standards and you can't compete with free.
Eh, I'm not so impressed. I've seen how the sausage is made. IMHO, a lot of its kudos is due breadth (which is legitimately impressive) and to people trusting it because it's cheap (i.e. it's good because I happen to use it).
> I'm sure it's easy to find anecdotes of failures, but if it does well in most cases,
Wikipedia likes to toot its own horn about how it's detected and corrected 100% of the problems its detected and corrected.
> and better than any other alternative
Mainly due to a race to the bottom that's left no other alternative, because most people have low standards and you can't compete with free.