[Foundation-l] Letter to the community on Controversial Content

Andreas K. jayen466 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 18 22:04:34 UTC 2011


On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:30 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andreas Kolbe wrote:
>
> > I don't consider press sources the most reliable sources, or in general a
> good
> > model to follow. Even among press sources, there are many (incl. Reuters)
> > who call the Twitter feed by its proper name, "Shit my dad says".
>
> The sources to which I referred are the most reputable ones cited in
> the English Wikipedia's article.
>
> Of course, I agree that we needn't emulate the style in which they
> present information.  That's my point.
>
> David Levy



I understand that. But if we use a *different* style, it should still be
traceable to an educational or scholarly standard, rather than one we have
made up, or inherited from 4chan. Would you agree?

Andreas


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