Comments on: Fanpedia http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/08/27/fanpedia/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clive http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/08/27/fanpedia/comment-page-1/#comment-125499 Clive Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:41:08 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/08/27/fanpedia/#comment-125499 I love the Wikipedia. Many are the times when it has saved me hours of research by presenting short, straightforward summaries of the information I needed. And there is nothing quite like getting into a discussion with someone, only to find that he was the author of the Wikipedia article that you are referencing to support what you are saying. But I also recognise that there are areas in the Wikipedia where the articles are not quite as well organised and thought out as they are in those I tend to frequent. It is no surprise to be told that popular culture should be one of these wilder reaches of the Wiki since, by its very name, it is a subject that we all know something about and can feel confident enough to write about. It is also a subject that is constantly growing and so might well require a separation into its own version of the Wiki purely on the grounds of size, and you would have your wish. As long as they leave alone those bits of the Wiki that I love, that's all I ask. I love the Wikipedia. Many are the times when it has saved me hours of research by presenting short, straightforward summaries of the information I needed. And there is nothing quite like getting into a discussion with someone, only to find that he was the author of the Wikipedia article that you are referencing to support what you are saying.

But I also recognise that there are areas in the Wikipedia where the articles are not quite as well organised and thought out as they are in those I tend to frequent. It is no surprise to be told that popular culture should be one of these wilder reaches of the Wiki since, by its very name, it is a subject that we all know something about and can feel confident enough to write about. It is also a subject that is constantly growing and so might well require a separation into its own version of the Wiki purely on the grounds of size, and you would have your wish.

As long as they leave alone those bits of the Wiki that I love, that’s all I ask.

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