This is the official page for user DmacG
I have been a spontaneous contributor to this project for a number of years now; usually upon discovering something so grievous that it required immediate attention. While I do regard Wikipedia as a useful resource for information of all kinds, I believe, it requires a great deal of work if it is to continue to move beyond its current stage of evolution. Its strength is its weakness unless care and vigilance are predominant in a collective (yet markedly individual) effort towards constant improvement. There is great power in the specialized knowledge of individuals, now this knowledge can be made available for all.
Books, magazines, newspapers, 'official documents', etc: were, and still are, a tool of their creator. The agenda of the creator, as is seen in so many shameful examples, may drive the written words from truth to absolute falsehood. Governments attempt to change history, publishers push their political / social ideologies, censorship takes on the role of the great wizard of Oz and decides what we can and cannot see (for our own good of course).
When these forces are used to alter the truth, for whatever reason, they have in the past relied upon a monopolized (closed) system of information interchange. Wikipedia, and the internet as a whole, have torn down that wall; so far outpacing every attempt to stop it. Never before have individuals been endowed with such power over information - and we must never surrender this; ever. Collectively 'we' now hold all the keys that the individual gatekeepers have held for so long.
It is therefore, now, 'our' great responsibility to uphold the truth. Some may find it abhorrent, or be pressured by various sources to bend or break it, but if enough individual courage and effort is put forth - we all stand to benefit.
It is only by continued individual vigilance and contribution, upon the solid foundation already established, that we can set ourselves free.
- Take it seriously people!
(stop dumbing yoursleves down - try learing for a change)
I have a B Sc. in computer science and a BA. in economics and a MA in policy based economics.
My goal in contribution is to always maintain - Consistency and Accuracy - both necessary, but exclusively neither guarantee sufficiency.
Comments always welcome: ie. I may not enjoy them but I shall read them.
Also I have no issue with any of my own contributions being edited or removed but please, if you are willing to do that, also be willing to make a contribution.
id est:
According to Dans' Law of Wiki Contributions and Edits:
Let Po be the old (previous page) Let Pn be the new (your edited page) Let C be a binary function for all changes / contributions
C(x) returns '1' if the change / contribution has improved the informational value of the page Else <-- logical result of a !C(x) = 1 --> C(c) returns '0' (the change towards informational value is either negative or null)
The following is a necessary condition and holds IFF C(x) > 0 A(x)
Dans' Law <=> A(C(x)) > 0 AND x is a member of the set of all Wiki pages
Violation of Dans' Law shall result in "a good talkin' to.
