User talk:Chitrapa
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As of March 14, 2007 and for the record, I acknowledged that I'm no longer a Wikipediholic.
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Peter Rimar
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[edit] Prediction #1
While I have zero Wall Street insider information, sometime in the future, I believe Google will attempt to purchase Wikipedia.
How did I reach this conclusion?
Well, these days, it seems that nearly every Google search begins with at least one link to Wikipedia...
[edit] Prediction #2
At some point, the gate keepers of Wikipedia will recognized that ALL images should contain some sort of photo credit. Like any other form of art, a photographer should be given credit for his or her efforts. Additionally, for places such as a war zone, an individual who risk his or her life to capture an image should be noted for their work. There's a big difference between a picture of some mundane location in middle America and a photograph that captures a moment in time on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq.
Photographers and/or photojournalists, recognizing the value of Wikipedia as a place to publish their work, may start becoming major contributors to this growing corner of cyberspace.
Indeed, in regards to written articles, Wikipedia could/would gain greater credibility if significant contributors (i.e. writers/authors) would be required to use their real names. While Wikipedia is not an actual newspaper or book, the idea of attribution remains ones of the major pillars of publishing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalistic_ethics
What if it was discovered that Ann Coulter wrote an article on Wikipedia using a fictitious name (i.e. such as Chitrapa), how would that impact the future editorial content of Wikipedia?
Additionally, in order to save itself from possible...future...Copyright legal headaches, Wikipedia should require that ALL uploaded images contain the author's name. The business folks at Google are finding out that the recent purchase of You Tube came with a host of unresolved internet legal issues.
As Wikipedia moves forward in its development as a new medium of information, a serious discussion needs to take place regarding the attribution of material (i.e. both print and visual) contained within these pages. Only when that happens will Wikipedia move forward to its next level of development.
Anyhow, in the interest of Wiki-Peace, I've removed ALL the photo credits from each and every submitted caption. Until I reach 1,001 active photo submissions, I'll refrain from battling over the merits of this issue...
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Peter Rimar
[edit] ? Question ?
When will the Lords of Wikipedia-Land STOP "IP address only lurkers" from editing this expanding corner of cyberspace?
In the early days of Wikipedia, I could understand the need to rapidly expand the overall content of this site. However, even though I've only been contributing material for a short period of time, it appears too much time and energy is being spent cleaning up an endless number IP attacks.
While I'll continue to help fight the IP address vandalism battle, the only way Wikipedia can truly win this war is by requiring everyone to register.
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