On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
I think that the wikipedia/wikinews is highly influential, and good privacy policies should help push the debate in useful directions. And the debate needs all the help it can get.
I don't disagree with that.
What I do disagree with is the notion that newspaper archives etc. will remain not easily searchable, and Wikipedia will continue to be in the situation where we keep stuff around and searchable that is not available elsewhere, simply by reporting what is in newspapers etc.
I don't think that arguments based on 'But those other sources will become hard to find, while Wikipedia remains searchable' are going to hold true over time and they are thus poor arguments to base a policy or best practise around.
-Matt