On 8/28/07, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
... In the same vein, there's also a persistent
bias against
"deletion" which I can't comprehend. We're all called editors, and the
best editors cut ruthlessly and relentlessly. (Not thoughtlessly,
though, and I think that some people doing it thoughtlessly have created
a bias against doing it at all. This is something else which must be
addressed.)
I think the latter point is the key there. I'm all for editorial (in
the improve the coverage or writing or content sense) deletion; I know
that saying with a really good sentence what takes a really crappy
paragraph is high art and a goal for us all.
Saying better and more directly and sometimes more tersely is good.
Taking content out because you don't think it belongs in this
encyclopedia is very different.
That is not to say we don't have crap, but ...
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-george william herbert
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