--- Sarah slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
Of course we should "concern ourselves with the ... consequences of our editing." No responsible publication operates a "publish-and-be-damned" policy.
Um... "publish and be damned" is um... exactly "why wiki works."
The philosophical understanding of Wikipedia has always been "dont trust anything you read on the web, but then you shouldnt trust anything you read in print either anyway."
I don't want a mistake on Wikipedia to have a negative impact on a real person, with or without a legal consequence.
I dont think anyone is in disagreement with the basics of being fair to people. But we do of course sense the slippery slope that Wikipedia should be influenced, through offsite and non-NPOV means, to change its content.
-- stevertigo
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