On 22 December 2010 00:17, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
Actually, I often see things that need fixing, but I'm in "look up" mode and using Wikipedia as a starting point for finding some information I'm after, and often don't have the time to even make a note to come back to the article later. If I see things that need fixing when I'm in "Wikipedian" mode, I do fix things then (but even then, there is a trade-off between temp fix now, or detailed fix that will take more time). It comes back to that trade-off in time spent doing other things.
Hm. I often hit "edit" on a section just to fix a typo I've spotted in passing. Resisting the time-sucking qualities is, of course, a problem. But when I'm reading other wikis I'll also happily hit edit to fix a typo (if they allow IP editing).
- d.