* Immediate irresponsible editing, hugely magnified by Google, drives Wikipedia. * Wikipedia survives through advanced blame-shifting. (Credit Seth Finkelstein for that insight.) Changing either would destroy Wikipedia. Why that won't happen: * "One character who's laughing all the way to the bank, though, is Wales himself."9 * "Almost all of Wikipedia's 1,000-odd "administrators" receive no pay for their hard work other than the pleasure of power tripping - seeing nothing of the $14m of VC money Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has banked."2 1. "Wikipedia defends Reality", from The Register. <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/02/colbert_wikipedia_reality/> 2. "Farewell, Wikipedia?", The Register <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/06/wikipedia_crisis/page3.html> ------------------------------