User:SiriusAlphaCMa

SiriusAlphaCMa is an alias. See Sirius or Alpha CMa for the star, from which I derived my sn (not from Sirius Black).

I am relatively progressive. However, I believe in moderation.

This is my take on some of wikipedia's ideals, on the vigors of citations and necessity of Verifiability. This came from a discussion on a relatively silly topic in wikipedia whose value on wikipedia I question. But nonetheless, I have a defense for a more liberal wikipedia:

I still don't see citation as an absolute necessity. I am skeptical of the premise that everything of encyclopeadic interest in an is news worthy or worthwhile for a 3rd party to maintain or critique. I am interested in what happens to eggs if you microwave them. I certainly do not expect an expert on egg-microwave interaction, let alone some expert to publish an article on microwaving eggs or special microwave preparation of eggs. Yet, some random person's experience would have no chances of being in Wikipedia and IMO, wikipedia is that much less richer, falling more short of its democratic/"crowd-sourcing" ideals. My point is the vigor may not be demanded by some users.

I am not saying that there is no danger to lack of self-editing or sourcing. But this absolutism sourcing policy is set by the few who have time and interest to edit the policy and further more go around patrolling other pages. Those few serve a great function for wikipedia. Yet, as a participant of wikipedia, I gravely disagree with the said policy and strongly believe that the judicious opinions of the few are, while a necessary component of wiki's good operations, against the principles of wiki. The policies of wikipedia is thus also sadly overrepresenting certain demographics' contribution/influence on wikipedia. While those policies are for general good, I disagree with the relevance of their application here.

I do think that the policy as it is now overrepresent only certain types of people who use wikipedia. While their ideas are not incorrect or wrong or disagreeable, they may have disagreeable influence due to their shear involvement. In theory the relatively apathetic like me can equally contribute to the specifics of wikipedia's operation; however, as said, I fundamentally find a conflict of ideals. But here as a participant of wikipedia and appealing to the democratic ideals that wikipedia represents.. I share my vote to disagree with the policy's application and for a more restrained application of such policy when the value of wikipedia is not damaged in this instance.SiriusAlphaCMa (talk) 03:32, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

last edited SiriusAlphaCMa (talk) 03:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

see also

• Tropical cyclone