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Reader's opinion
June 16, 2008
| Dear Monsieur Petit, | I find you rather harsh toward your readers. | Wikipedia is a big machine that has acquired, rightly or wrongly, considerable notoriety. I intervened in an article that I found incomplete and inaccurate. It was about the "clean car" (at that time without quotation marks), an article that has now disappeared. My addition was quickly rejected with disdain, and when I participated in the discussion page, I concluded that its author (should I say its warden?) based his arguments on the French legal definition of the "clean car." There, I realized that the French Wikipedia has become a French-only affair that mishandles the very notion of science (by confusing law, which is a norm, with science, which is based—or should be based—on facts). I eventually succeeded in my goal, which was to make the link with the bicycle. But the time I spent seemed excessive compared to the result achieved. | Returning to the issue of the article request being refused, the speed of some administrators' reactions and the lack of explanation do seem to me | neurotic in nature | : the request might reveal a family secret. | The origin of this secret would be the quasi-incestuous relationships between certain administrators and the content of articles. | Paradoxically, the very existence of this article would prove that the administrators are right. But a paradox is hard to accept in the absence of maturity and experience. | Based on what I have seen within certain associations, Wikipedia greatly amplifies the childishness of these people seeking illusory notoriety. | This is regrettable, as scientific culture is fundamental for the future of our society. | I support your criticisms of this online encyclopedia, as well as those of the | referees | system that stifles revolutionary approaches in science. | I also wish you success regarding your ongoing experiments. They fascinate me greatly. | Yours sincerely, | Antoine Février | P.S.: I was stunned by the existence of the golden book of departed members, birthdays to wish, and other such things. This reinforces your idea of a secret society. There is an aberrant personalization of this encyclopedia. | P.S.: Is it conceivable that the appointment of a person who appears to be weak at the head of the encyclopedia is the will of certain administrators | ? |
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| Dear Monsieur Petit, | I find you rather harsh toward your readers. | Wikipedia is a big machine that has acquired, rightly or wrongly, considerable notoriety. I intervened in an article that I found incomplete and inaccurate. It was about the "clean car" (at that time without quotation marks), an article that has now disappeared. My addition was quickly rejected with disdain, and when I participated in the discussion page, I concluded that its author (should I say its warden?) based his arguments on the French legal definition of the "clean car." There, I realized that the French Wikipedia has become a French-only affair that mishandles the very notion of science (by confusing law, which is a norm, with science, which is based—or should be based—on facts). I eventually succeeded in my goal, which was to make the link with the bicycle. But the time I spent seemed excessive compared to the result achieved. | Returning to the issue of the article request being refused, the speed of some administrators' reactions and the lack of explanation do seem to me | neurotic in nature | : the request might reveal a family secret. | The origin of this secret would be the quasi-incestuous relationships between certain administrators and the content of articles. | Paradoxically, the very existence of this article would prove that the administrators are right. But a paradox is hard to accept in the absence of maturity and experience. | Based on what I have seen within certain associations, Wikipedia greatly amplifies the childishness of these people seeking illusory notoriety. | This is regrettable, as scientific culture is fundamental for the future of our society. | I support your criticisms of this online encyclopedia, as well as those of the | referees | system that stifles revolutionary approaches in science. | I also wish you success regarding your ongoing experiments. They fascinate me greatly. | Yours sincerely, | Antoine Février | P.S.: I was stunned by the existence of the golden book of departed members, birthdays to wish, and other such things. This reinforces your idea of a secret society. There is an aberrant personalization of this encyclopedia. | P.S.: Is it conceivable that the appointment of a person who appears to be weak at the head of the encyclopedia is the will of certain administrators | ? |
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