On 19 May 2010 03:59, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I'm against the idea of automatically updating content for the reason that it's assuming the prediction in the article about a future event is true and actually happened as predicted.
Two examples of outdated statements, both spotted whilst browsing last night:
* "In September 2009, he will become chief executive of [the company]."
* "In early 2010, [the NASA facility] will begin preparing to support the new Constellation program."
In the first case, he did. In the second case, it didn't, because the program got cancelled. A self-updating text would be fine in the first half, but quite problematic in the latter.