Revision 1314 of "Wikipedia haiku" on metawiki

:I know more than you
:but nobody knows more than
:Wikipedia

:I contribute, but
:a stranger edits my work
:frustrated author

:A new friend,
:has found my work,
:worthy of effort.

:nontraditional
:general reference work
:how can we trust it?

:Ever improving,
:Look! An error,
:Too slow, corrected.

:the newcomer reads
:you can edit this page now
:strange and intriguing

:in one year, we write
:20,000 articles
:Britannica quakes

:collaboration
:you can edit this page now
:Wikipedia

:"I can't stop writing"--
:a Wikipediholic
:struggles mightily

:can one be too bold?
:be bold in updating pages
:but be not too bold

:curious, but poor
:free encyclopedia
:is necessary

:Mistaken, 
:ever improving
:sufficient.

:neutral point of view:
:this article speaks for you
:also for others