[WikiEN-l] Interesting "New Yorker" article about Wikipedia

[Fred Bauder]

On Jul 25, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Stephen Bain wrote:

> On 7/25/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The points about most edits being simple additions/deletions rather
>> than reshaping articles are well made. It's a very difficult problem
>> to solve.
>>
>
> Indeed, and in a similar vein, there was the cogent observation that
> the first person to an article has the greatest opportunity to shape
> its tone, form and structure.

Yes, once done, often the only alternative is a complete rewrite.

Fred