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Wikipedia’s Pyrrhic Victory (www.newyorker.com)
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One “very senior Wikimedian,” we are told, “came to think of the project as a ‘city built by Asperger’s.’ ”

If you get the paywall, it's readable at http://archive.today/R2rnW

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don’t think this is the gotcha you think it is. You posted the etymology which is the origin of the word but not the modern definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia#Etymology

Def.: Encyclopedia -

a work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject

Emphasis is mine.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    That's not really in agreement with your understanding of the encyclopedias either, I'd say. Encyclopedias contain [an unspecified amount of] information on all branches of knowledge. The branches are all of them, yes, but the exact amount of information provided from each subtopic of each branch is not necessarily endless. As the quoted "pillar" says.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    That's not really in agreement with your understanding of the encyclopedias either

    It sure is, because my understanding is the dictionary definition. I don’t agree with the commenter you originally replied too either, but your reply, as I said, is not the gotcha you might think it was.

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