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'''THE SIX ROTTEN PILLARS OF WIKIPEDIA'''<ref>Originally appeared in Wikipedia Review, by the anonymous contributor Cedric the cat</ref>
 
'''THE SIX ROTTEN PILLARS OF WIKIPEDIA'''<ref>Originally appeared in Wikipedia Review, by the anonymous contributor Cedric the cat</ref>
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== 1.  INSTANT EDITING OF ARTICLES ==
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== 1.  INSTANT EDITING OF ARTICLES ==  
    
I believe that this one feature of WP is the single greatest factor causing WP’s decline and will largely cause its eventual destruction.  This feature ensures that both the improvement and the marring of articles are impermanent, and that the battles against internet trolls, polemicists (in wikispeak, “POV pushers”), spammers, vandals, and ignorant interlopers will be everlasting (at least while WP still exists).  It is this single feature of WP, more than any other, that gives rise to the MMORPG character of WP and makes ridiculous its claim of being an “encyclopedia”.
 
I believe that this one feature of WP is the single greatest factor causing WP’s decline and will largely cause its eventual destruction.  This feature ensures that both the improvement and the marring of articles are impermanent, and that the battles against internet trolls, polemicists (in wikispeak, “POV pushers”), spammers, vandals, and ignorant interlopers will be everlasting (at least while WP still exists).  It is this single feature of WP, more than any other, that gives rise to the MMORPG character of WP and makes ridiculous its claim of being an “encyclopedia”.
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