wow. it's a pretty bold statement to call the largest and most accessible repository of knowledge ever collected to be a "failure". the author of this article needs to get his ego in check, just because your reports of vandalism weren't dealt with in the way you wanted doesn't mean you need to throw a hissy fit.

the worst thing about wikipedia is the mess of egos and politics that happens behind the scenes. i'd love to see some stats about the quality of edits that these so-called editors with their tens of thousands of positive edits make, versus what the average user edits in. i'm willing to bet that the majority of the actual content and information comes from the one-time contributors.