On 3/13/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/13/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
Furthermore this could all get wildly out of control if calling the Foundation to report errors in Wikipedia becomes an official route of action. So far as I can tell, though I've heard different versions from non-Foundation members, it's not an official route.
And if it's not, it probably shouldn't happen.
I don't see how allowing people to report errors by telephone causes problems to anyone other than the person answering the phone: Danny. When there are too many problems reported, I'm sure he'll come up with a solution. His posts here seem to indicate a reasonable level of cluefulness :)
Steve
Just allowing people to report errors isn't a problem. The problems are acting on those reports without first verifying the true facts, and removing entire articles simply because some of the facts in that article are inaccurate. Then of course there's the problem of protecting articles, though that one's probably arguable (now that semi-protection exists I can't personally think of a scenario where full protection is *ever* a good idea).
Anthony