Wikiscepticism

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Wikimedian philosophy

Community
Anti-wiki
Conflict-driven view
False community
Wikiculture
Wikifaith

Measuring Accuracy
Eventualism
Immediatism

The Wiki Process
Darwikinism
Wikidemocratism
Wikindividualism
Wikianarchism
Wikiscepticism

Power structure
Wikianarchism
Wikidemocratism
Wikidespotism
Wikifederalism
Wikihierarchism
Wikioligarchism
Wikirepublicanism
Wikibureaucracy
Wikimeritocracy
Wikimobocracy
Wikiplutocracy
Wikitechnocracy

Encyclopedia standards
Deletionism
Delusionism
Exclusionism
Inclusionism
Precisionism

Notability
Essentialism
Incrementalism

Collaboration
Antifactionalism
Factionalism

Overall structure
Categorism
Structurism

Article length
Mergism
Separatism

Social
Exopedianism
Mesopedianism
Metapedianism

Miscellaneous
Post-Deletionism
Transwikism
Mediawikianism
Wikidynamism
Antiovertranswikism
WikiSecessionism

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Wikiscepticism (also Wikiskepticism) is a philosophy which doubts the success of Wikipedia. More generally, it is the application of scepticism to the creation, development and maintenance of collaborative online information and education resources such as wikipedia, wikibooks, wikiversity classes, wiktionary definitions, and so forth. The cardinal point of all forms of scepticism is a rejection of axioms, conclusory presuppositions, precepts particularly when they are the received wisdom of dogma and institutional orthodoxies. It is an approach in contrast to wikindividualism and wikidemocracy.

A Wikisceptic is a strong supporter of the principle that Wikipedia goes against human nature. They believe that the individual will make the wrong decision as will popular opinion. They also argue that because of the ambiguity between Wikidemocracy and Wikindividualism building a free online encyclopedia is an impossibility.

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