On 5/6/05, Poor, Edmund W <Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
I'm giving this matter so much attention, because
it strikes at the root
of Wikipedia's credibility ...
The "kooks" newsgroup is only a notch or two above the holocaust deniers
and anti-Semites.
We need to re-think Wikipedia policy. We're getting big; let's not get
grumpy. People will look up to us, because we tower over all the rest:
we have more articles than anyone else, and we're still growing fast.
But to earn their respect, we must be accurate AND fair.
Exactly, Ed. Very good points. I'd like to add something that I just
noticed. The admin who protected the page to stop Edmond deleting his
own name had been involved in a revert war over that information going
back to March 10, and reverted to his preferred version before
protecting. He's a good admin and I'm sure acted in good faith, but it
was nevertheless inappropriate, and it adds to the sense that
something's gone wrong here in terms of WP policy.
Ed's point about fairness is very important. If we want our readers'
respect, we have to be seen to be fair.
Sarah