On 4/10/06, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
The edit history usually shows that what seems to be happening is very sloppy editing, particular in rewriting or restructuring parts of articles. Sometimes people will remove a sentence they think is wrong and inadvertently remove an adjacent reference. Sometimes people remove an item but not the reference that supports it. Sometimes people remove a reference but not the item it supports. Sometimes people remove an item and its reference, then later someone reinserts the item but fails to reinsert the reference...
Okay, I think I see what you are getting a here. Some edits are deleterious. Sometimes good content is deleted and never restored. I guess that all I can do in response to that is to shrug and say that's the downside of open and free access; mistakes get made. I don't think there is anything to be done about it really, except try to correct each other's mistakes where we find them.
Ryan