[FFmpeg-cvslog] [ffmpeg.org]: r300 - trunk/src/contact

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 08:13:26PM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
> 2009/2/25 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>:
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 08:56:57PM +0100, superdump wrote:
> >> Author: superdump
> >> Date: Wed Feb 25 20:56:56 2009
> >> New Revision: 300
> >>
> >> Log:
> >
> >> The thread hijacking article on wikipedia was removed because it didn't contain
> >> any citations.
> >
> > ROTFL
> > next they remove the article on evolution because it doesnt contain a
> > citation of the bible
> 
> That was my thinking too, though worded differently. Why can't
> wikipedia be _the_ point of reference? Why does everything have to be
> cited? 

Thats because wiki isnt based on experts, i mean if i want to know something
about chemistry id ask a chemist or read a book/paper writen by a chemist.
I wouldnt ask random people on the street until someone claims to know it.
But thats how wiki is based, it basically asks random uneducated people to
provide information, requireing a reference is the only thing left that
prevents it from turning into a random number generator. 

iam not sure why people think this is going to work out in the long run,
already now if i out of boredom read a wiki article where i either am the
expert of the field or simply compare it just to the german wiki article
i often find very serious errors.

wiki needs something like peer review by real experts before information is
made available. Like we do with reviewing patches before commiting ...

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It is not what we do, but why we do it that matters.
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