On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 09:41:35 +1100, "Steve Bennett" stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
shadow them to check for subtle bias - if I were paid to write an
Why? There are plenty of edits being made with blatant bias. Subtle bias is the least of our problems.
No. Overt bias is usually easy to spot. I would argue that subtle bias is the *worst* of our problems.
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No articles should be written on commission. I believe Jimbo Has Spoken on that issue.
Me too. See my original post. I believe Jimbo's point of view was "the appearance of conflict of interest would undermine our credibility". Not "paid editing always produces bad edits".
Indeed. That and, for me, the likelihood of subtle bias.
Guy (JzG)