[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

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On 2/27/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, remember the great thing about Wikipedia is that information can
> both
> be put in and taken out at the click of a mouse. If (let's say) this
> information some day truly becomes an embarassment to WP, we can delete it
> -
> and at the same time, the articles would have served their purpose
> throughout their lifetime, by being a resource for the readers of an era
> where the information was considered relevant and appropriate for an
> encyclopaedia or other general reference tertiary source.


This does stretch my notion of what an encyclopedia should be -- the idea
that we can include information that we later decide to take out.  But then,
I was the one who said we shouldn't limit Wikipedia to norms established by
traditional encyclopedias, so I'll yield the point.

Adam