by LogicalFrank » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:19 pm
I am a Wikipedia devotee and I hear you on the stirring up strong feelings. I did a bunch of work in the beer section and ended up just having to quit on account of all the petty squabbles that are going on. Lots of tempers flare and sometimes it is hard to back down when you're arguing even if you can't find a source to cite. I didn't then but now I won't do anything other than copy-editing over there unless I can cite the source I'm using right then in there. If I had done that to begin w/, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and doing the same would be my advice for someone new to it. You don't have a leg to stand on unless you have a source to cite. It's an encyclopedia not a blog.
I will definitely try to check out the bourbon stuff. Probably can't add much aside from my own opinions though--and those have no place on the Wikipedia.
Howdy Doody's past the House of Aquarius. Bring me more whiskey and rye!