On 3/13/06, Steve Bennett <stevage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/13/06, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Furthermore this could all get wildly out of
control if calling the
Foundation to report errors in Wikipedia becomes an official route of
action. So far as I can tell, though I've heard different versions
from non-Foundation members, it's not an official route.
And if it's not, it probably shouldn't happen.
I don't see how allowing people to report errors by telephone causes
problems to anyone other than the person answering the phone: Danny.
When there are too many problems reported, I'm sure he'll come up with
a solution. His posts here seem to indicate a reasonable level of
cluefulness :)
Steve
Just allowing people to report errors isn't a problem. The problems
are acting on those reports without first verifying the true facts,
and removing entire articles simply because some of the facts in that
article are inaccurate. Then of course there's the problem of
protecting articles, though that one's probably arguable (now that
semi-protection exists I can't personally think of a scenario where
full protection is *ever* a good idea).
Anthony