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"A weblog is a frequently updated web site where the content is often in reverse chronological order." (Mena Trott)
It contains a perfectly random assortment of thoughts, ideas, references and complaints, and they are all mine! (CD)

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This About Me section is pretty much redundant, since i) I am a complicated person, consequently ii) there is nowhere near enough space, and iii) you can form a mental profile of me from what I want you to be able to know about me by way of the blog posts. So there!

November 16, 2004

Wikipedia

OK, I am done with Wikipedia. I did intend to contribute occasionally, but this comment is a very convincing case against even using it. Although a former Encyclopedia Britannica editor, the author is blatantly biased ("public lavatory" ...) he has an almost irrefutable point: A reference manual does have to state facts and it does have to do so reliably. A fuzzy & indefinite editorial process, even if led by an editorial committee of anonymi (!), while being very politically correct, cannot be conducive to that. Wikipedia, farewell! And here's to user loyalty in the online age ...

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