On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:19:22 -0700, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Elisabeth Bauer wrote:
So please don't tell people "go and try" (they will suceed if they are halfway intelligent) but tell them: "most people just don't do it, that's why wikipedia works".
I agree very strongly with this. When I talk to reporters and this topic comes up, I specifically ask them *not* to do it, because it is very rude behavior, even as an experiment.
All this talk of deliberately wrong edits has apparently inspired a misguided person, one [[User:AlHalawi]], to do it.