On May 19, 2006, at 1:41 AM, Peter Mackay wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Philip Welch
On May 18, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Peter Mackay wrote:
Mmmm, but you'd have to be a right nong to use it as more than a casual reference. A legal encyclopaedia that anyone can edit?
That's just our development pattern. In the end we will have stable versions that are verified accurate.
And therefore obsolete. Law, both legislation and common law, changes rapidly nowadays.
There's no reason stable versions couldn't be vetted weekly or biweekly. Law still does not change as quickly as technology.
You could have an encyclopaedia of legal basics, but having an uptodate comprehensive legal reference using volunteer labour is probably a very big ask.
Having an up-to-date comprehensive encyclopedia using volunteer labor is a very big task :)