On 2/27/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
Also, remember the great thing about Wikipedia is that information can both be put in and taken out at the click of a mouse. If (let's say) this information some day truly becomes an embarassment to WP, we can delete it
and at the same time, the articles would have served their purpose throughout their lifetime, by being a resource for the readers of an era where the information was considered relevant and appropriate for an encyclopaedia or other general reference tertiary source.
This does stretch my notion of what an encyclopedia should be -- the idea that we can include information that we later decide to take out. But then, I was the one who said we shouldn't limit Wikipedia to norms established by traditional encyclopedias, so I'll yield the point.
Adam