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:''What can be said for an encyclopedia that is sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes illiterate? When I showed the Harvard philosopher Hilary Putnam his entry, he was surprised to find it as good as the one in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He was flabbergasted when he learned how Wikipedia worked. “Obviously, this was the work of experts,” he said. In the nineteen-sixties, William F. Buckley, Jr., said that he would sooner “live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” On Wikipedia, he might finally have his wish. How was his page? Essentially on target, he said. All the same, Buckley added, he would prefer that those anonymous two thousand souls govern, and leave the encyclopedia writing to the experts.''
:''What can be said for an encyclopedia that is sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes illiterate? When I showed the Harvard philosopher Hilary Putnam his entry, he was surprised to find it as good as the one in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He was flabbergasted when he learned how Wikipedia worked. “Obviously, this was the work of experts,” he said. In the nineteen-sixties, William F. Buckley, Jr., said that he would sooner “live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” On Wikipedia, he might finally have his wish. How was his page? Essentially on target, he said. All the same, Buckley added, he would prefer that those anonymous two thousand souls govern, and leave the encyclopedia writing to the experts.''

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What can be said for an encyclopedia that is sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes illiterate? When I showed the Harvard philosopher Hilary Putnam his entry, he was surprised to find it as good as the one in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He was flabbergasted when he learned how Wikipedia worked. “Obviously, this was the work of experts,” he said. In the nineteen-sixties, William F. Buckley, Jr., said that he would sooner “live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” On Wikipedia, he might finally have his wish. How was his page? Essentially on target, he said. All the same, Buckley added, he would prefer that those anonymous two thousand souls govern, and leave the encyclopedia writing to the experts.

In The New Yorker (2006):[1]


Stuben am Arlberg
Stuben am Arlberg is a winter sports resort in the town of Klösterle in the westernmost Austrian province of Vorarlberg. It is located at an altitude of 1,410 metres (4,630 ft) and had 90 inhabitants in 2019. The settlement of Klösterle probably originated in the 9th century, at a time of silver mining in the Klostertal valley and the neighbouring Montafon valley, with the first known mention of Stuben occurring in a 1330 document describing it as a post station and the "Kaiser's highest living room". In the late 19th century, Stuben became a popular skiing and tourist resort and is now part of Ski Arlberg, Austria's largest skiing area. In the summer months the area is popular with hikers and mountain bikers. This aerial view from the north-west shows Stuben am Arlberg and the winding Arlbergstrasse, which passes through the resort.Photograph credit: Herbert Heim
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  • News article:
Andersen, David; Witter, Lameen. [ADD WEB LINK HERE "Former Marine, Go Daddy CEO Talks About His Rise to Success"], Marine Corps News, February 17, 2006. Retrieved on June 2, 2006.
  • Web site:
Hansen, James E.; R. Ruedy, M. Sato, and K. Lo (December 15, 2005). [ADD WEB LINK HERE GISS Surface Temperature Analysis Global Temperature Trends: 2005 Summation.] NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Retrieved on September 28, 2006.
  • Press release:
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (May 25, 2006). "HFPA Announces Timetable for 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards". Press release. Retrieved on June 13, 2006.
  • Journal:
Bailey, David H.; Borwein, Peter & Borwein, Jonathan M. (June 25, 1999), "The Quest for Pi", Mathematical Intelligencer (Berlin: Springer-Verlag) 19 (1): 50–57, ISSN 0343-6993

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Noroton's First Rule of Wikipedia Researching: Always assume Wikipedia already has an article on it.

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Founder of this venerable institution:

Lorenzo the Magnificent Ka-Ching Ka-Ching Citation of the
Monied and Munificent Order of Wikipedian Patrons of Civilization
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  • Roster of honor: EconomicsGuy II (06:09, 18 May 2008)
  • For those who have been found to be: not only investing their time in Wikipedia, but also their cash for the further advancement of civilization through better-informed deletion discussions. More specifically, "for parting with your own monies to find out more about an alleged source of notability for an article"
  • Meaningful boilerplate language of the award (for which everybody should duly be impressed): As a member of the M&M Order of the WPC, you are now authorized to bestow this same honor on any future Wikipedian who is willing to lay down cash for the same or similar purpose. I trust you will exercise your powers wisely, in the tradition of Lorenzo the Magnificent, who knew he couldn't take it with him. Live long and prosper! I salute you!
  1. ^ Issue of 2006-07-31 article Know It All: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? by Stacy Schiff