[Developers] Freebase and the Politics of Groups

[Paul Tomblin]

Quoting Rich Morin (rdm at cfcl.com):
> Moreover, I'd contend that Freebase differs quite a bit
> from Wikipedia in the ways in which it will be used.  If
> I'm reading a Wikipedia article, I may be able to guess
> that some misinformation has been inserted.  However, if
> I'm doing data mining on Freebase, the misinformation may
> be obscured by the processing.

I'm not going to comment on the issue directly, but one thing that
Wikipedia has that Freebase needs is a comprehensive "diff" system so you
can see not just who edited what, but also what changed.  

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Paul Tomblin <ptomblin at xcski.com> http://blog.xcski.com/
"I kept the faith and I kept voting/Not for the iron fist but for the helping
hand/For theirs is a land with a wall around it/And mine is a faith in my
fellow man" --Billy Bragg