From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/6189 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Baez Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Illusion and Forthrightness in Wikipedia Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:26:42 +0800 Message-ID: References: <474oiRg647312S02.1284793135@web02.cms.usa.net> Reply-To: John Baez NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284906188 27424 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2010 14:23:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:23:08 +0000 (UTC) To: categories Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Sun Sep 19 16:23:07 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpx.mta.ca ([138.73.1.138]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OxKnK-00030W-Sk for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:23:07 +0200 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:57101) by smtpx.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OxKmV-00036e-Ps; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:22:15 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OxKmT-0004tp-R5 for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:22:14 -0300 In-Reply-To: <474oiRg647312S02.1284793135@web02.cms.usa.net> Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:6189 Archived-At: Fred Linton writes: >Yep; certainly now my original objection no longer applies. >Instead, I'm annoyed by the mealy-mouthed lack of content in >the new "disclaimer" (?), Then change it, or argue about this issue on the talk page for that article. Every Wikipedia has a talk page, accessible with a single mouse click, where people discuss that article and how to improve it. Registering your complaints here rather than there merely makes it much less likely that they will have any impact. But if you're saying you just don't like Wikipedia, fine. Best, jb [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]