Re: [Air-l] wikis and restaurants

Barry Wellman wrote:

Re the analogy between restaurants and wikipedia by Jimmy Wales:

All the restaurants in Toronto must pass health inspection (food storage, etc.) and must post their pass certificate prominently near the outside door.

While health inspections are always problematic (inadequate measures, bribery, etc.), they do give some assertion that the steak will be steak and will actually be stored in a fridge with proper temperature.

Fortunately, we live in countries where for the most part we have rejected "speech inspections" by the government to ensure that everyone everything says isn't half-baked. :-) --Jimbo