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[Wikipedia is] like a sausage: you might like the taste of it, but you don't necessarily want to see how it's made.

— Jimmy Wales

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(Alluding to a famous quote "Laws are like sausages — it is better not to see them being made.", generally attributed to Otto von Bismarck.)

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