[WikiEN-l] Wired: Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text

[Brian]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/8/31 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>:
> > I would also point out that competition can be a very healthy thing and
> it
> > could very well be a motivating tool. Assuming an algorithm that is
> > difficult to game editors might well be very interested in improving
> their
> > reputation scores. It could even give some credibility to the
> encyclopedia.
>
> Yes, competition is a good motivator, but that is only useful if it is
> motivating people to do something desirable. We don't actually want
> people to try and avoid being reverted - WP:BOLD is still widely
> accepted as a good guideline, isn't it?
>