So it seems that the problem after all is the basic idea, "that anyone can edit". We have people who can be trusted to write extremely good fair articles on many topics, but we can't count on their being the ones to write the article.
We are then saying that there are some topics not appropriate for an open wiki, and that WP can not aspire to be a universal encyclopedia because we cannot really count on maintaining a neutral point of view.
I think this is what some of Fred's messages amount to: the editorial and review procedures at WP cannot be trusted, so there must also be some top-down control, namely by him (and Jimbo, who joined this discussion to endorse his views)
DGG
On 5/26/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Michael Snow wrote:
Jeff Raymond wrote:
. It seems that very few of our contributors have the skill and judgment needed to translate highly unfavorable source material into neutral prose. --
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.