Comments on: Not so Fast https://blog.speculist.com/entertainment/not-so-fast-1.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: AndrewS https://blog.speculist.com/entertainment/not-so-fast-1.html#comment-1048 AndrewS Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:26:32 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=526#comment-1048 I don’t think having a “trusted author” system would be a good idea(*1), but some kind of more generalized author ranking/filtering scheme will probably be necessary. I’m actually a bit surprised Wikipedia doesn’t already have something like that.

1) If by “trusted author” you mean only a limited set of authors chosen by whoever ‘governs’ Wikipedia is allowed to add or modify articles.

]]> By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/entertainment/not-so-fast-1.html#comment-1047 Stephen Gordon Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:07:37 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=526#comment-1047 Unfortunately, I think the day is coming when Wikipedia is going to require some kind of verification or trusted author system.

Personally, I’ve found Wikipedia to be a good source on noncontroversial topics. Look up “John Von Neumann” and you’ll find a good article.

If something is controversial you have people trying to insert their subjective beliefs into the piece.

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