How Much is Too Much?

In James Gleick's article "After the Flood," he reflects on real and imagined libraries. Wikipedia is one of these so called imagined libraries. When I think of a traditional print-based library compared to Wikipedia I think of something that is definitive versus something that is infinitive.Wikipedia is a platform which can constantly be updated and changed and added to. Wikipedia has no limits in quantitative terms since now we are able to store anything  and everything in the "cloud," but a traditional printed encyclopedia has a certain amount of pages, a definitive beginning and end. Although the two platforms are similar in regards to the quality of what constitutes an entry, traditional library is a resource for printed archival information which has been carefully selected by experts as opposed to wikipedia which is a place for shared knowledge with contributors from all walks of life. Not only are people taking in knowledge on Wikipedia, but participating in the creation of it as well. Another thing that sets Wikipedia apart from traditional printed archives is the entries that exist. Wikipedia includes entries just about anything where as traditional encyclopedias, for instance, are more selective in terms of entries. I feel like Wikipedia is geared more towards the "everyman" so to speak where traditional archives are geared more towards people in the realm of academia.