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Yet another example of the profound idiocy of "crowdsourcing" encyclopedia articles.

You have the WP bio of Hans Bethe, legendary atomic scientist, Nobel winner.
8 notes, 3 references, total length 27034 bytes.

And you have the WP bio of a fictional scientist on a sitcom, Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory.
75 references, total length 43670 bytes.

And no doubt, many of the Wiki-assholes reading this will go "that's perfectly acceptable".
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Sheldon has 275,658 while Hans has only 6,611.

The people get what the people want. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)
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QUOTE(Ottava @ Fri 25th November 2011, 1:33pm) *

Sheldon has 275,658 while Hans has only 6,611.

The people get what the people want. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)


Although in a purported encyclopedia that has no need of commercial success there is no need to give the people what they want. Education should surely be further reaching than that?
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QUOTE(Kevin @ Thu 24th November 2011, 11:24pm) *

QUOTE(Ottava @ Fri 25th November 2011, 1:33pm) *

Sheldon has 275,658 while Hans has only 6,611.

The people get what the people want. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)


Although in a purported encyclopedia that has no need of commercial success there is no need to give the people what they want. Education should surely be further reaching than that?


Indeed. People think that educational projects and institutions are to just turn out obedient workers (i.e. colleges and schools) or give people the latest Danielle Steele novel (i.e. public libraries). Well, guess what?

(IMG:http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g205/Teckert1/Morbo.jpg)

THAT IS NOT HOW EDUCATION WORKS! END COMMUNICATION!
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EricBarbour   Disparity of biography articles  
Peter Damian   Yet another example of the profound idiocy of ...  
A Horse With No Name   Yet another example of the profound idiocy of ...  
Tarc   Yet another example of the profound idiocy of ...  
Peter Damian   Wait, so you mean that on the internet, people gr...  
Milton Roe   Wait, so you mean that on the internet, people g...  
Sxeptomaniac   [quote name='Tarc' post='236262' date='Wed 12th M...  
dogbiscuit   I would question what things that should be can r...  
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Peter Damian   There are issues on WP that concern me, particul...  
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everyking   When the culture and environment is inimical to s...  
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ulsterman   After all, a big part of being an expert is knowi...  
everyking   After all, a big part of being an expert is know...  
KD Tries Again   [quote name='ulsterman' post='236635' date='Sat 1...  
Milton Roe   [quote name='ulsterman' post='236635' date='Sat ...  
anthony   Personally, I don't think there's any rea...  
Moulton   Accept what WP is, and use it in that vein, or don...  
Peter Damian   I am willing to accept that WP will always be bes...  
Moulton   And do we have to accept that it can't be chan...  
EricBarbour   Wikipedia's problems are not much different fr...  
Encyclopedist   Wikipedia's problems are not much different f...  
Vigilant   [quote name='EricBarbour' post='236303' date='Wed...  
ulsterman   Yet another example of the profound idiocy of ...  
CharlotteWebb   When I saw the thread title I expected to read the...  
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gomi   [quote name='EricBarbour' post='236232' date='Wed ...  
everyking   No one would think that's "acceptable...  
taiwopanfob   All right: "Oh, that's no good; that arti...  
Moulton   It's just another demonstration of the thesis ...  
Moulton   If Newton were alive today, he would not be allowe...  
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EricBarbour   Sheldon Cooper is now 80k bytes, 110 references. ...  
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