I'm performing surgery tonight on my Hasbro PowerglideOriginally Posted by jaydisc
Just a reminder to everyone that we are talking about toys, not medical dissertations. Gosh knows I need to remind myself at timesI take my surgical duties very seriously.
As for Wiki, I rarely if ever visit it. I don't really care either way b/c as the point has been more eloquently made, this isn't a topic that needs to be recorded in a scholarly manner. It's TFs and as much as I love them, I don't need feel the crying urge to be a completely and utterly informed about them to be a true fan.
The disdain of the Wiki is unwarranted imo. They as others have pointed out have committed time and effort to building this. Time and effort that none of us would otherwise have put in. So to sit there smug and say its all in my head or its just not good enough is self indulgent. If these guys were getting paid to do it or making a profession out of it, I'd be more harsh but they aren't so they are perfectly entitled to do whatever they want. They'll be judged on it by the fandom.
The one concern I do have that others has raised is where edits have been made but not accepted and often ignored by the editors w/out any justification. I would hope that that's not the case b/c I think it's vital to something like Wiki to accept the contributions of all and to be able to justify why it goes one way and not another. Freedom of speech is a vital pillar in any aspect of life - especially where one professes to be an authoritative repository of knowledge.
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