John Moore
2010-07-01 20:07:04
I also am an engineer, which is probably one reason it so annoys me to see blatant lies out there.
Wikipedia already has the systems you describe. It is trivial to find the editing history. You can compare any version you want with any other version.
The fundamental idea is flawed, and no amount of tinkering with it is likely to fix it. Like so many “good” ideas dreamed up by liberal intellectuals, Wikipedia works far better in theory than in practice – on controversial issues.
On less controversial issues, it’s often very good. Last night I spent quite a bit of time reading on Wiki about dreadnaughts (there’s an obscure topic) because they were the subject of a novel I read. Wikipedia was my first choice for that subject, and was excellent.
