QUOTE(a view from the hive @ Fri 23rd February 2007, 8:13pm)
Wikipedia tries to contain only
factual information. Perhaps The Wikipedia Review should try the same (IMG:
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Try the truth, it looks better (IMG:
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One of the members of the ArbCom explicitly told me, on Fred Bauder's user talk page, that Wikipedia did
not aim for the truth, but rather only verifiable material from what are euphemistically called reliable sources. Wikipedia aims to be the semi-official voice of the Establishment.
Incidentally -- and we should probably start a new topic for this -- Wikipedia's discouragement of Primary Sources reflects a growing sort of corruption in the academic world. I am told that there are now rules in place in many universities that papers submitted
must significantly cite published Secondary Sources, which means that the student must demonstrably be reflecting views that have been certified as orthodox.