Comments on: What is Wikipedia? http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-wikipedia/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-wikipedia/#comment-611639 Michael Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:04:09 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/07/20/what-is-wikipedia/#comment-611639 Ok. I had to comment. Nothing gets me going like a comment "Truth is relative". By saying that you have made a absolute statement, thus Truth is not relative. There is no need to study math or science if you can not abide by an absolute truth. The concern here is that any troll can come along and manipulate wikipedia that is not an expert in that field. That is truth. However, it is also true that experts in many fields keep tabs on the wikipedia to help preserve the integrity of wikipedia. That is truth. The issue lies in the middle. Is wikipedia valuable enough to give as a reference, ALONG with books on the subject? I would say yes. And here is why? Just because a book is written on a subject mean that the person is knowledgeable enough to be treated as a scholar on that subject. Wikipedia is one of many resources that should be allowed in school. And it has nothing to do with "truth being relative", because truth isn't. And that is truth. Ok. I had to comment. Nothing gets me going like a comment “Truth is relative”. By saying that you have made a absolute statement, thus Truth is not relative. There is no need to study math or science if you can not abide by an absolute truth.

The concern here is that any troll can come along and manipulate wikipedia that is not an expert in that field. That is truth. However, it is also true that experts in many fields keep tabs on the wikipedia to help preserve the integrity of wikipedia. That is truth.

The issue lies in the middle. Is wikipedia valuable enough to give as a reference, ALONG with books on the subject? I would say yes. And here is why? Just because a book is written on a subject mean that the person is knowledgeable enough to be treated as a scholar on that subject. Wikipedia is one of many resources that should be allowed in school.

And it has nothing to do with “truth being relative”, because truth isn’t. And that is truth.

]]> By: Michael Levin http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-wikipedia/#comment-535348 Michael Levin Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:49:18 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/07/20/what-is-wikipedia/#comment-535348 Brion Vibber, Wikipedia software architect, talks about Wikipedia on this Swampcast interview: http://jroller.com/page/Sandymountster/?anchor=swampcast_and_wikipedia_s_architect Brion will give a talk for www.gatorjug.org on Sept 12th in Gainesville, FL and on Sept 27th at www.orlandojug.com on Sept 27th. I enjoyed talking with Brion and was amazed by just how far LAMP architecture will go! That's Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Als, did you knw that Wikipedia encourages (not discourages!) downloading all its data for your own use? This is what Web2.0 is all about: websites that grow over time through user involvement. I love it! It's such a great time to be a geek. Brion Vibber, Wikipedia software architect, talks about Wikipedia on this Swampcast interview: http://jroller.com/page/Sandymountster/?anchor=swampcast_and_wikipedia_s_architect

Brion will give a talk for http://www.gatorjug.org on Sept 12th in Gainesville, FL and on Sept 27th at http://www.orlandojug.com on Sept 27th.

I enjoyed talking with Brion and was amazed by just how far LAMP architecture will go! That’s Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Als, did you knw that Wikipedia encourages (not discourages!) downloading all its data for your own use?

This is what Web2.0 is all about: websites that grow over time through user involvement. I love it! It’s such a great time to be a geek.

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