Monday, March 31, 2008

Exclusive China

Leaving China Out of Wikipedia

This is a pretty important article when it comes to the review of our global Inter Web scheme. The article tells that China is excluded in the Wikipedia environment and even those who are able to get around these barricades using proxies still are subject to the title of vandals. By vandals i mean recognized as proxy using entities, which are turned away if willing to correct a mistake in some area of information.

The article makes a good point exemplifying the fact that China (largest country of people) is unable to put their input into these "global" indexes. Let alone all of the individuals who do not have access to the Inter Web. China or the caregivers of Wikipedia have to do something if they want to have a optimally unified source of global information. If this is accomplished there would many more inclusions in the area of Chinese culture and an increasingly valid website.

As a global community we should work as diligently as we can to support that very title: A Global Community. I do understand that this is certainly a long-shot. But we have to face the facts; if we are to become anywhere near sustainable we have to work together in this finite world to care and respect each other. Or at least be able to do some research on your own culture on Wikipedia for God's sakes.

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