On 5 March 2010 13:25, Gwern Branwen <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Charles Matthews
> Oh yes, and what Carcharoth said about FLOSS
history needing the
> secondary sources: if "they" don't write the history, it isn't just
WP
> coverage that suffers, but the whole documentation, especially if the
> primary sources are emails, perishable web pages, and suchlike.
So basically, 'if you guys choose to use modern
media like wikis and
blogs, and not dead tree formats, then don't cry about your articles
being deleted - it's all *your* fault! Cut your hair, you damn
hippies!'
A lot of these deletions are on the complete absence of evidence that
anyone outside the project actually cares.
- d.