On Nov 6, 2007 11:48 AM, Monahon, Peter B.
<Peter.Monahon(a)uspto.gov> wrote:
[snip]
The goal is not a 100% perfect
encyclopedia. The goal is a
COMMUNITY building an encyclopedia. BUILDING, not BUILT. It will never
be "built". It will and should always be "in process", "under
construction", IMPERFECT!
The direct form of process over product, that the purpose is community
and not a useful encyclopedia, has been explicitly rejected by the
English Wikipedia community last I checked. It's certainly a disputed
position.
Besides, there is a big difference between "a necessarily imperfect
work in progress" and
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_S._Patton&curid=42090&…
(first diff on English WP RC when I loaded it) ... At least this
instance of vandalism is probably not going to material harm to
anyone.
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