Post interessantissimo (e difficile) sui limiti del Punto di Vista Neutrale su Wikipedia. Non sono sicuro di essere d’accordo, ma l’idea delle “interpretazioni” differenti potrebbe essere utilissima per tutti gli articoli dedicati alle Humanities.
Writing for the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2012, Timothy Messer-Kruse described his failed efforts to penetrate Wikipedia’s gravitational field. He begins:
For the past 10 years I’ve immersed myself in the details of one of the most famous events in American labor history, the Haymarket riot and trial of 1886. Along the way I’ve written two books and a couple of articles about the episode. In some circles that affords me a presumption of expertise on the subject. Not, however, on Wikipedia.
His tale of woe will be familiar to countless domain experts who thought Wikipedia was the encyclopedia anyone can edit but found otherwise. His research had led to the conclusion that a presumed fact, often repeated in the scholarly literature, was wrong. Saying so triggered a rejection based on Wikipedia’s policy on reliable sources and undue weight. Here was the ensuing exchange:
Explain to me, then…
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