[WikiEN-l] Re: The promise is "edit this page"

[dpbsmith at verizon.net]

>>From: Timwi <timwi at gmx.net>
>> We promise that you can "edit this page," not 
>> "create an article." The policy 
>> is "zero-threshold editing," not 
>> "zero-threshold article creation.'

>This is just hair-splitting. Just because we've never mentioned page 
>creation in any sort of "promise", doesn't mean we should stop offering it.

We should stop offering it because IMHO a very small threshold for creating 
an article--such as creating a free, anonymous account--would be more helpful 
to our goal of building "a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" than a 
zero threshold for creating an article.

And my point is that we would not breaking any explicit or implied promise by 
so doing. 

I heard Grace Hopper talk once, and she said "I am going to give you a gift. 
For the rest of the life, every time you say the words 'because we have 
always done it that way,' my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four 
hours.'"