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After reading The Charms of Wikipedia, all i could think about was how this website went from an obscure place where people could be editors to a website where millions of people go to research and share information with the world. However, some things just seemed to annoy me while reading this piece. It goes back to something i read in the Badke book. He mentioned this “gatekeeper” idea where one of the questions asked was is the information worthy to be published? This came to mind when Baker talked about other people not deaming his articles on wikipedia to be of importance or relevance. This is why part of the “gatekeeper” idea doesnt sit well with me. To me, all information is important and thus, gives us the right to publish or share with others no matter how irrelevant some might find it.