At 05:48 AM 10/11/2004 -0700, Poor, Edmund W wrote:
We should clearly indicate that the consensus version is just a MILESTONE along the path of article development. We should remind our readers that any article can be edited any time, and that newer versions of this article are likely to appear.
Ooo, I like that! Simply changing the name from "stable version" to "milestone" conveys a whole new sense of what this special version of the article is - not something that's fixed and unchanging, but rather something that's been clearly identified as a good waypoint along the article's never-ending journey towards the unattainable Perfect Version.
Terminology is important, it sets the tone of discussion and creates "first impression" assumptions that mold how people consider the issue. I'm going to use "milestone" from now on, unless an even better name comes along.