A critical evaluation of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is also called a Free Encyclopedia. That terminology is correct. The basic problem is many people contribute to Wikipedia, all with good intentions, but the major result is that many articles suffer a common goal. Some look like a quilt.

Anyone can modify each article anonymous. I do not understand why this is possible. Why not use your full name ?

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22 Feb 2019 Absolute space and time. 4 11kB
16 Jun 2016 Accelerating expansion of the universe 6 6kB
12 Jun 2018 Action at a distance 4 5kB
17 Dec 2017 Age of the universe 5 7kB
7 Sep 2020 Angular momentum 13 15kB "new"
31 Aug 2022 Annihilation 5 4kB "new"
17 Aug 2019 Annus Mirabilis papers 5 10kB
11 Nov 2018 Antimatter 6 9kB
16 jun 2016 Artificial intelligence 8 17kB
17 Sep 2008 Astrology 1 4kB
6 Jul 2018 Atomic clock 8 13kB
17 Dec 2021 Aufbau principle 4 7kB "new"
3 Nov 2017 Axiom Postulates 15kB
11 Nov 2018 Baryon 5kB
21 May 2018 Bell test experiments 9kB
6 Feb 2015 Bell's spaceship paradox 15kB
12 Dec 2016 Bell's theorem Bell's Inequalities 49kB
9 Dec 2014 Big Bang nucleosynthesis 19kB
19 Nov 2022 Billiard-ball computer 3 5kB "new"
9 Apr 2016 Black body 15kB
7 Feb 2016 Black hole information paradox 16kB
10 Apr 2018 Bohr-Einstein debates 14kB
10 Mar 2017 Bohr model 5kB
16 Feb 2015 Born rigidity 11kB
19 Jan 2022 Born rule 3 4 kB "new"
1 Nov 2022 Carnot cycle 5 5 kB "New"
26 Jan 2022 Causality 12 12kB "new"
3 Nov 2016 Center of mass Center of Gravity 5kB
14 Jul 2021 CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso 3 3kB
15 Aug 2008 Chaos Theory 8kB
3 Sep 2024 Chien-Shiung Wu 8kB
17 Dec 2017 Chronology of the universe Cosmological time 4kB
22 Feb 2020 Coherentism 5 24kB "new"
24 Jan 2022 Complex random variable 7 8kB "new"
15 Dec 2017 Comoving and proper distances 7kB
2 Feb 2017 Compton scattering Compton effect 5kB
11 Jan 2019 Consciousness 9kB
15 Jun 2019 Conservation of energy 5 5kB
28 Jan 2017 Copenhagen interpretation 23kB
17 Sep 2014 Cosmic Microwave Background radiation 20kB
17 Dec 2017 Cosmological constant 5kB
2 Jan 2015 Cosmological principle Homogeneous versus Inhomogeneous? 11kB
3 Sep 2024 CP violation 7kB
3 Sep 2024 CPT symmetry 4kB
17 Dec 2017 Critical density 7kB
31 Mar 2015 Cyclic_model 4kB
14 Aug 2013 Dark matter 15kB
18 Jan 2017 De Broglie-Bohm theory 25kB
12 Sep 2008 Determinism 10kB
13 Dec 2021 deterministic system 4 6 kB
22 Jan 2019 Doppler effect 8kB
17 Jan 2019 Double-slit experiment 8kB
6 Sep 2021 Dynamical systems theory 12 17kB "new"
15 Feb 2015 Ehrenfest paradox 11kB
29 Jan 2015 Einstein synchronisation 29kB
10 May 2018 Einstein's thought experiments 25kB
15 June 2017 Empirical evidence 7kB
1 Nov 2022 Entropy 13 13kB "new"
29 Sep 2018 Entscheidungsproblem 5kB
2 Jan 2017 EPR paradox 22kB
22 Oct 2017 Equivalence Principle 15kB
25 Jan 2019 Ernst Mach 6 6kB
25 Jan 2019 Expansion of the universe 10kB
6 Oct 2016 Event horizon 9kB
17 Aug 2020 Fallacy 9 9kB "new"
12 Jan 2019 Faster-than-light 14kB
26 Mar 2020 Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly 8kB
8 Jun 2018 First observation of gravitational waves 11kB
31 Mar 2015 Flatness problem 4kB
31 Mar 2015 Free will 10kB
04 Apr 2018 Free will theorem 9kB
17 Dec 2017 Friedmann equations 7kB
9 Aug 2013 Fractal cosmology 9kB
13 Aug 2013 Galaxy rotation curve 9kB
5 Mar 2019 Galilean invariance 4 4kB
17 Aug 2019 Galilean transformation 4 4kB "new"
21 Oct 2017 General relativity 14kB
31 Jul 2021 Geodesics in general relativity 3 77kB "new"
13 Feb 2019 Geometric terms of location "Info" 4 4kB
22 Jan 2019 Gravitational redshift 5kB
8 Jan 2017 Gravitational singularity 9kB
31 Mar 2015 Gravitational time dilation 11kB
31 Jul 2021 Gravitational two-body problem 3 3kB "new"
31 Mar 2015 Gravitational wave Gravitational Radiation 7kB
26 Sep 2018 Halting problem 12kB
8 April 2016 Hawking Radiation 9kB
7 Apr 2018 Hidden variable theory 11kB
9 Jan 2022 Hilbert space 14 15kB "new"
21 Dec 2022 Holographic principle 5 5kB "new"
21 Dec 2022 Holography 9 9kB "new"
8 June 2017 Horizon problem 19kB
15 Dec 2017 Hubble's law Hubble's Flow 14kB
2 Nov 2017 Hulse-Taylor binary 4kB
3 Nov 2017 Hypothesis 7kB
29 Jan 2015 Inertial frame of reference 21kB
14 May 2011 Inflation Cosmology short comment 8kB
9 Dec 2014 Inflation (Cosmology) Cosmic Inflation - long comment 74kB
16 Jun 2016 Intelligence 11kB
25 Oct 2023 Invariant 4kB
25 Oct 2023 Invariant (mathematics) 6kB
22 Jan 2022 Interpretations of quantum mechanics 7 7kB "new"
20 May 2023 Intuition 4 4kB "new"
20 May 2023 Intuition and decision-making 4 4kB "new"
1 Nov 2022 Irreversible process 4 4kB "new"
31 Mar 2015 Karl Popper 14kB
9 Jul 2021 Kennelly-Heaviside 4 8kb "new"
31 Jan 2015 Ladder paradox kB
31 Mar 2015 Lambda-CDM_model 5kB
17 Aug 2019 Laws of physics 7 77kB
26 Jan 2015 Length contraction 31kB
13 Oct 2020 Logical positivism 10 10kB
20 Oct 2017 Lorentz covariance Lorentz invariance 5kB
2 Jul 2017 Lorentz factor 8kB
13 May 2018 Luminiferous aether 11kB
17 Jan 2019 Mach-Zehnder interferometer 5kB
9 Mar 2019 Mach's_principle 4 4kB
8 Sept 2023 Many-body_problem Quantum mechanics 14kB
1 Nov 2016 Mass Gravitational Mass & Inertial Mass 14kB
26 Oct 2018 Massive compact halo object Macho 4kB
1 Nov 2016 Mass-energy equivalence 6kB
19 Nov 2016 Mass in general relativity 10kB
2 Nov 2016 Mass in special relativity 11kB
8 Feb 2024 Mathematics 11kB
28 Oct 2018 Matter 11kB
13 Feb 2019 Maxwell's demon 5 14kB
21 Jan 2022 Measurement in quantum mechanics 9 9kB "new"
21 Jan 2022 Measurement problem 4 4kB "new"
21 Jul 2021 Measurements of neutrino speed 7 77kB "new"
23 Jan 2015 Michelson-Morley experiment 13kB
2 Jul 2018 Missing_baryon_problem 6kB
20 Sep 2016 Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) 7kB
17 Aug 2020 Modus ponens 5 77kB "new"
18 Aug 2012 Multi Processors and Parallel Programming 26kB
6 Sep 2024 Neutron 10kB
31 Jan 2022 Neutron_magnetic moment 5 5kB "new"
16 Jun 2019 Noether's theorem 8 8kB
9 Feb 2016 No-hair theorem 10kB
11 Dec 2014 Non-deterministic Turing machine 7kB
20 Dec 2014 NP Completeness NP Complete 7kB
20 Dec 2014 NP Complexity 8kB
11 Oct 2016 Nuclear binding energy 8kB
11 Oct 2016 Numerical relativity 10kB
31 Jul 2021 N-body problem 8 8kB
9 Dec 2014 Observable Universe 15kB
28 Mar 2020 Occam's razor 9 17kB
29 Jan 2015 One-way speed of light 16kB
29 Jan 2015 Oort Cloud 7kB
14 Jul 2021 OPERA experiment 3 3kB
2 Mar 2021 Optical parametric oscillator 4 4kB
20 Dec 2014 P versus NP problem 12kB
31 Aug 2022 Pair production 5 5kB "new"
5 Sep 2024 Parity (physics) 8kB
6 Mar 2017 Pauli exclusion principle 5 7kB
7 Jul 2024 Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems 5kB
5 Aug 2019 Periodic table 7 77kB "new"
5 Aug 2019 Perpetual motion 4 4kB
18 Feb 2019 Philosophy of science 9 25kB
1 Mar 2019 Philosophy of space and time 9 19kB
10 Dec 2016 Photon entanglement 10kB
20 Jan 2017 Popper's experiment 16kB
3 Nov 2017 Postulates Axiom 14kB
26 Jun 2018 Pound-Rebka experiment 7kB
29 Jan 2015 Preferred frame 4kB
9 Apr 2016 Primordial black hole 6kB
16 Dec 2016 Principle of locality 23kB
29 Jan 2015 Principle of relativity 6kB
23 Jun 2021 Prisoner's_dilemma 6kB
24 Jan 2022 Probability 6 6kB "new"
21 Jan 2022 Probability amplitude 6 6kB "new"
20 Jan 2022 Probability density function 9 9kB "new"
16 Aug 2017 Proper length 7kB
6 Jun 2017 Proper Science 13 17kB
5 Jul 2017 Proper time 13kB
26 Feb 2021 Quantum decoherence.htm 3 3kB
10 Dec 2016 Quantum entanglement 30kB
4 Oct 2024 Quantum entanglement 2023 30kB
12 Dec 2017 Quantum indeterminacy 9kB
6 Apr 2018 Quantum mechanics Quantum Theory 12kB
11 Jan 2019 Quantum mind 4kB
28 Jul 2017 Quantum superposition 5 6kB
12 Jun 2018 Quantum teleportation 11kB
18 Jan 2022 Qubit 7 77kB "new"
22 Jan 2019 Relativistic Doppler effect 9kB
1 Feb 2017 Relativistic quantum mechanics 14kB
29 Jan 2015 Relativity of simultaneity 2nd Edition 39kB
7 Jan 2008 Relativity of simultaneity first Edition 33kB
1 Nov 2022 Reversible process (thermodynamics) 4 4kB "new"
28 Jan 2017 Sagnac effect 6 8kB
28 Jan 2017 Schrödinger equation 8 14kB
28 Jul 2017 Schrödinger's cat 15kB
6 Oct 2016 Schwarzschild radius 8kB
17 Aug 2019 Scientific law Physical Law, Laws of Nature 7 77kB
6 Jun 2017 Scientific method 13 17kB
6 Jun 2017 Scientific theory 8 12kB
31 Mar 2015 Shape of the universe 4 6kB
13 Jul 2021 Shapiro time delay 3 4kB
17 Apr 2024 Space 4 4kB
21 Oct 2017 Space and time 4 4kB
18 Aug 2017 Spacetime 17 45kB
21 Oct 2017 Special relativity 19kB
18 Oct 2020 Spectrum auction 11 12kB
25 Nov 2016 Speed of gravity 16kB
24 Nov 2016 Speed of light 22kB
11 Jan 2022 Spin (physics) 9 9kB "new"
26 Jan 2022 Spin 1/2 3 3kB "new"
8 Mar 2021 Squeezed coherent state 4 6kB
2 Mar 2021 Squeezed states of light 4 8kB
31 Jan 2022 Stern-Gerlach experiment 5 8kB "new"
13 Dec 2021 stochastic process 5 13kB
31 Mar 2015 Terrell rotation 7kB
15 June 2017 Testability 5kB
26 Jan 2019 Theory of everything 11kB
7 Feb 2016 Thorne-Hawking-Preskill bet 6kB
13 Feb 2015 Thought experiment 19kB
18 Aug 2012 Threads and Threading 26kB
4 Nov 2023 Threshold Theorem 4kB
17 Dec 2022 Tic tac-toe 46kB
13 Feb 2015 Time dilation 6 16kB
4 Nov 2018 Time in physics 8kB
20 Nov 2022 Time reversibility 4 9kB "new"
29 Dec 2022 Time travel 9 9kB "new"
11 Dec 2014 Travelling salesman problem 6kB
26 Sep 2018 Turing machine Deterministic Turing machine 11kB
13 Feb 2015 Twin paradox 15kB
31 Jul 2021 Two-body problem in general relativity 8 8kB "new"
21 Jan 2022 Two-state quantum system 6 6kB "new"
8 Jan 2017 Uncertainty Principle Heisenberg & Indeterminacy 22kB
9 Dec 2014 Universe 2 10kB
8 Nov 2016 Virial theorem 4 4kB
31 Aug 2022 Virtual particle 5 5kB "new"
20 Jan 2022 Wave function 10 13kB "new"
11 Jan 2019 Wave function collapse 6 6kB
3 Sep 2024 Weak interaction 6 6kB
17 Jan 2019 Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment 5 6kB
17 Dec 2022 Wormhole 6 6kB
5 Sep 2024 Wu experiment 10kB

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MIT Technology Review The decline of Wikipedia By Tom Simonite on October 22, 2013. With 312 Comments

Reflection

Many articles start with a lack of definition or the defintion is not clear. When you do that with may contributors to write a good conherent article, is very difficult. The overall result for certain articles is mediocre.

Suppose for a certain subject there is an issue which raises doubts with the main opinion, what will happen? If one side wants to expresses this new opinion the other side will modify it and so on. Finally one side will give up. That means it becomes very difficult to express a different opinion and or to improve science from a different angle.
Possible solutions are: to express both opinions, to have a moderator or to have an editor?

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