Comments on: The true history of Wikipedia http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/ It's only a website... it's only a website... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Merle Scheinost http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-2413 Merle Scheinost Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:51:37 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-2413 Hay dude Good afternoon.I am agree with your blog opinion about that but i found something strange that i felt you did not know the main problem before you posting this so i want to ask :where do you know about this dude ? Best Regard admin of www.beatuifulcars.org bye Hay dude Good afternoon.I am agree with your blog opinion about that but i found something strange that i felt you did not know the main problem before you posting this so i want to ask :where do you know about this dude ? Best Regard admin of http://www.beatuifulcars.org bye

]]> By: Somey http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1917 Somey Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:40:50 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1917 @Frank: I don't think it's a question of who should get THE blame for Wikipedia, but rather who all should share it. There seems to be a weird tendency to want to blame just one person, as if people want the other criminals to get off scot-free. Only by investigating the whole story from the beginning, and getting the names of everyone involved, can we ensure that when the revolution finally starts all the responsible parties can be brought to justice. @Frank: I don’t think it’s a question of who should get THE blame for Wikipedia, but rather who all should share it. There seems to be a weird tendency to want to blame just one person, as if people want the other criminals to get off scot-free. Only by investigating the whole story from the beginning, and getting the names of everyone involved, can we ensure that when the revolution finally starts all the responsible parties can be brought to justice.

]]> By: Frank http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1846 Frank Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:34:41 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1846 The real question is... why should we trust you that your version is correct? Or the history function? Or for that matter Mr.Kovitz? I completely agree that his mentioning of the idea should be mentioned, but why should it be more than that? Does it under every other invention ever state "Oh, but the actual idea came from a friend of his who he met over dinner once"? Can you honestly say you care who put the words together first? All that matters to history at large is who DID it first. If the person who gave the idea was a real instrumental part in making that idea come to life, then yeah, by all means mention him... but if he was just giving advice over dinner then... Who gives a flying? The real question is… why should we trust you that your version is correct? Or the history function? Or for that matter Mr.Kovitz? I completely agree that his mentioning of the idea should be mentioned, but why should it be more than that? Does it under every other invention ever state “Oh, but the actual idea came from a friend of his who he met over dinner once”?

Can you honestly say you care who put the words together first? All that matters to history at large is who DID it first. If the person who gave the idea was a real instrumental part in making that idea come to life, then yeah, by all means mention him… but if he was just giving advice over dinner then… Who gives a flying?

]]> By: jon http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1838 jon Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:40:58 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1838 I'm not sure what is confusing about Mr. Kovitz's description of what wikipedia should be, compared to what it is now. It is a free, open, public, forum. If you would like to pretend that every source of information is free from bias then go ahead. But it does not seem confusing what this site is meant to do. To share information. To the question of reliability, well its word of mouth. I’m not sure what is confusing about Mr. Kovitz’s description of what wikipedia should be, compared to what it is now. It is a free, open, public, forum. If you would like to pretend that every source of information is free from bias then go ahead. But it does not seem confusing what this site is meant to do. To share information. To the question of reliability, well its word of mouth.

]]> By: Grawp http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1745 Grawp Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:47:22 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1745 Interesting. Very interesting. But not unexpected. Interesting. Very interesting. But not unexpected.

]]> By: rouenpucelle http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1714 rouenpucelle Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:02:24 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-1714 I somehow suspect it had nothing to do with Seinfeld. That's just one of Ben's methods of operation. I somehow suspect it had nothing to do with Seinfeld. That’s just one of Ben’s methods of operation.

]]> By: blissyu2 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-161 blissyu2 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:43:16 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-161 Possibly. Seinfeld is very influential. Possibly. Seinfeld is very influential.

]]> By: Dan http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-160 Dan Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:48:45 +0000 http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20070827/the-true-history-of-wikipedia/#comment-160 "I told Larry to do the exact opposite of everything he'd been doing"... I wonder if Ben was inspired by a Seinfeld episode in which George did the exact same thing: he thought his life was going nowhere, so he decided to do the opposite of everything he had thought was a good idea, and it worked: everything went much better for him at that point. “I told Larry to do the exact opposite of everything he’d been doing”… I wonder if Ben was inspired by a Seinfeld episode in which George did the exact same thing: he thought his life was going nowhere, so he decided to do the opposite of everything he had thought was a good idea, and it worked: everything went much better for him at that point.

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