I have some faith in a collabartively edited search engine, actually. But I can't see it being based upon mediawiki software...
My comment on that article:
Wikipedia is an unreliable source of information. At Wikipedia, facts are subordinate to consensus, and its administrators are largely a group of teenagers -- literally, most of them are minors -- with no background or training either in the subjects dealt with by articles or in the administration of an information-gathering enterprise.
There are many documented cases of corporate and government meddling with Wikipedia articles, along with grossly inappropriate administrative actions, including the outright falsification of article content and personal biographical information by Wikipedia's senior administrators.
Be very, very careful with respect to anything Wikipedia touches.
Others here should make comments about Wikipedia in that article's comment section.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that lets its users contribute to content, is about to give birth to a sister site that wants to shake up the world of internet search.
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