2009/1/2 Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net:
on 1/2/09 12:18 PM, Phil Sandifer at snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
Currently the discussion is proving how deeply pathological the anti- specialist bias is, with the suggestions being made, in all seriousness, that no sources that require specialist knowledge should be used, and that it is desirable to have people edit articles in areas they do not know anything about.
This is stunning, Phil. Now perhaps you and other persons on this List can appreciate the growing stone wall that I, and many other editors, have been confronted with for a long time.
See, it's nothing we didn't appreciate already. However, this list is a place for more general discussion, not where any binding decisions are made.
The trouble with "anyone can edit" is that anyone can edit. And that you can't get away from idiocy. Suffering fools is in fact required.
- d.