They seem not to realize that it is possible to dispute what the facts are, as if they were in all cases absolutely obvious. - Larry Sanger

Wikipedia lacks the habit or tradition of respect for expertise. As a community, far from being elitist (which would, in this context, mean excluding the unwashed masses), it is anti-elitist (which, in this context, means that expertise is not accorded any special respect, and snubs and disrespect of expertise is tolerated).

One thing that i would recommend, go to Everipedia, edit the article about the Delhi riots: that would be really interesting if you do that, once it is developed give me a link to it and I would be curious to see how the article differs from the Wikipedia article.

A few of the project's participants can be, not to put a nice word on it, pretty nasty. And this is tolerated.