I think Wikipedia is ruining itself with loads of petty and unnecessary rules to empower editors who aren't talented enough to be real editors. Wikipedia takes itself too seriously and its community is generally more concerned with bureaucratic measures than being a robust democratic source of information. I can understand that there is a push to be exacting as possible, but i think sometimes they delete pertinent information because of biases and such reasoning. Hosing info because some asshole doesnt like how it's sectioned is stupid. They also spend too much time developing reputation systems for people rather than reputation systems for how true people think a piece of information is. Wikipedia is bloated.

Much of this appears to be a reaction to the criticism of Wikipedia not being a resource worthy of usage in an academic environment. The Wikipedia community appears to be reacting to it by trying to make Wikipedia that kind of resource, but I think by taking that approach they are removing the unique utility Wikipedia provides.

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