Ta bu shi da yu wrote
Dont get me wrong, I understand that it may not be
practical, but the
attitude should be that it's feasible and desirable to do this!
What's "this"? Obviously it's a plus to make all high-profile articles
accurate and creditable. The 'be bold' motto, though, is in conflict with
anyone should holding back from adding material to articles. Clearly no one
advocates the deliberate adding of untrustworthy or inaccurate stuff. But
an insistence on 'high standards' will inhibit growth - and in my experience
also leads to a certain 'drying-up' of style.
I think it is neither practical nor feasible to get the whole of WP into a
state where journalists could confidently cite it, without further work. WP
is going to remain a 'single unconfirmed source' for most things. Actually
I think emphasis on factual accuracy misses one of the major strengths,
which is the top-down organisation and wikilinks.
Charles