The Citizendium article was largely written by Dana Ullman, who Time magazine described as the "leading proselytizer of homeopathy". It shows: Criticism is practically non-existant, and what little remains is pretty much strawmen designed to be attacked and knocked down, or exist solely as statements on the line of "some criticism exists. Now back to more informatiion about this great form of alternative medicine you should try.
The "spirit of Wikipedia" is at risk, we're told; its fundamental philosophy is under attack. Good. About time. Allowing anyone to contribute to it without checking his or her credentials was always a flawed concept, encouraging inaccuracy, unreliability and irresponsibility. Its present crisis of confidence emerged when it tried to be more than an encyclopaedia of record and purported to be a reporter of immediate, ongoing events. It got it somewhat wrong last week when Senator Kennedy's entry included the "fact" that he had died after a seizure on inauguration day. His fellow senator Robert Byrd's entry had him as equally dead, equally falsely.
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I want to open up the Citizendium blog to general discussion of an important topic: how can we keep Google (and the larger Internet) from “making us stupid”? I solicit your ideas. Click on “Comments,” or scroll down to the bottom, and share them!