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A '''Wikipedia cultist''' believes any of the following obviously foolish things: | A '''Wikipedia cultist''' believes any of the following obviously foolish things: | ||
*that [[Wikipedia]] is a community rather than simply an internet portal | *that [[Wikipedia]] is a community rather than simply an internet portal | ||
*that [[Wikipedia]] is an encyclopedia | *that [[Wikipedia]] is an encyclopedia, even though all its content is in the [[GFDL corpus]] and can be copied anywhere by anyone, and there is no credible source validation | ||
*that [[Jim Wales]] can be referred to as a [[GodKing]] without this causing trouble | *that [[Jim Wales]] can be referred to as a [[GodKing]] without this causing trouble, like his personal beliefs being propagated as "rulings" or "truth" into the database itself, as it has many times. | ||
Revision as of 22:21, 27 August 2005
A Wikipedia cultist believes any of the following obviously foolish things:
- that Wikipedia is a community rather than simply an internet portal
- that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, even though all its content is in the GFDL corpus and can be copied anywhere by anyone, and there is no credible source validation
- that Jim Wales can be referred to as a GodKing without this causing trouble, like his personal beliefs being propagated as "rulings" or "truth" into the database itself, as it has many times.