A List of Rational and Reasonable Demands for Those who Contribute to and Utilize Wikipedia:
* Reason trumps feeling. Always-- when encyclopedias are concerned.
* Random quotes which may seem to give weight to academic research but actually carry no
weight in and of themselves are not welcome.
* History of subject should be included. Within subjects inclusive of government practices,
history of subject in its entirety should be acknowledged. This would be pertinent to central
banking, for instance.
* Peer review of all information, before it becomes public. I realize that Wikipedia is
peer review. However, there ought to be an economically feasible system in place which
either provides peer review for all edits of material, or a system which acknowledges self-
proclaimed peer review for submissions.
* Classified headings/user friendly.
* Bibliography and links to all research.
* Criticisms may be grouped under their own subheading. However, research presented
in an academic manner ought naturally to also include criticisms within the body of
research pertinent to its topic.
* For institutions, philosophies (including say, Buddhism, Veganism, Christianity, Democracy)
and practices which exist solely by the grace of hypothesis, alternate systems, philosophies,
etc. ought to be listed as much as possible. Contrasts of each to be noted.
* Do not edit simply to edit.
* Be grammatically correct. Spell like your life depends on it. Spell check. Edit. Spell check
again.
I will be editing the information on the Federal Reserve System within Wikipedia. I found this article to be severely biased and the lack of discussion regarding its history warrants a closer look. There were several grammatical and spelling errors, the content is disorganized (not to mention very boring in the way it is presented); while I will not attempt to revamp the entire thing as the subject is quite extensive and the information is very long-winded, nevertheless I'd like to at least include the history of central banking and how the Fed Reserve came into being.
Monday, March 24, 2008
The FED owns Wikipedia
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