User:Isaac Rabinovitch

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I'm no longer participating in writing or editing for Wikipedia. (Well, not seriously; sometimes I just can't help myself!) I just don't believe in the project any more. I still find the idea of public contribution to a reference interesting. But the "everybody's an editor" model just doesn't work.

Wikis are good for collaboration and sharing info in small groups. The idea that you can just put a blank page on the web, and it will magically transform into a reliable reference just won't fly.

I do still use Wikipedia. But very skeptically, and with no illusion it's ever going to be a serious encyclopedia.