[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's destiny

Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au
Wed Feb 22 10:27:52 UTC 2006


G'day Mark,

> Since I hope Wikipedia will become, in the long term, a compendium of 
> all human knowledge, I think it sad that an unexplained decision to 
> unilaterally remove content has poked holes in its coverage of internet 
> culture, an important area of current sociological research at which 
> Wikipedia ought naturally to excel.

Fear not, my good man!  I'm sure the denizens of Encyclopedia Dramatica 
are more than ready to step up to the plate and document the phenomenon 
of Mr Peppers' deformity; if anything, their coverage will be more 
complete, and feature more swearing and callous mockery.  As such, they 
can do a much better job of recording Internet culture than we'll *ever* do.


--
Mark Gallagher
"What?  I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse


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