User:Chris-martin/Soapbox

Wikipedia has its problems, and we have to acknowledge (and accept) that. The concept of wiki has certain limitations. Intentional and systemic bias will never disappear. The encyclopedia will never be perfect. So many naysayers see these critisms and predict utter failure for Wikipedia. The important point to realize is that although Wikipedia can be validly criticized, that doesn't mean it's not still a great project. Every system has both flaws and benefits. Wikipedia is already an incredibly useful tool, and it's not going to do anything except become better.

Social problems also inevitably exist. With over a thousand sysops, you can find one acting abusively, and a dozen acting questionably. With over a million articles, some have to be deleted, and it is impossible to form a perfect consensus on them all. There will always be craziness. But, all things considered, in a massive online environment, the Wikipedian community does a damn good job at maintaining sanity.

Wikipedia is not Utopia. It is an encyclopedia. I'm sure that the folks working on the Encyclopædia Britannica have their quarrels now and then as well.