On 11/6/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On Nov 6, 2007 11:48 AM, Monahon, Peter B. Peter.Monahon@uspto.gov wrote: [snip]
The goal is not a 100% perfect encyclopedia. The goal is aCOMMUNITY 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&a... (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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