Re: Wikipedia extolled as an aide for getting history correct

[J.B. Nicholson]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> [Wikipedia is] definitely not neutral ground.

I concur; there are different groups interested in presenting a particular view of 
things via Wikipedia articles. As I understand it, whose view is seen by many comes 
down to either who is connected to Wikipedia admins or who spends time reverting 
challenging edits.

> But then, despite all of its failings, Wikipedia, like democracy, sucks,
> though they suck less than the known alternatives.

And, much like Firefox, Wikipedia articles are licensed such that if one wants to one 
could base a new work by copying something that went before and making changes to it. 
Firefox, for all of its problems, is still free software and thus very well-suited 
for being the base for other browsers. TorBrowser is an example of that.

Perhaps someone has done something comparable for Wikipedia as well?