Well, if it's strictly for version 1, then fine, but I
really don't see why a group of 'experts' would make
for a more reliable article, it seems that it would
simply add the standard predjudices that these groups
bring.
The current process of everyone being able to review
seems to be better. For sure, eternal vigilence is
needed.
Mark
--- Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Mark Richards <marich712000(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
What makes you think either that the current
system is
creating mediocrity, or that the proposed review
board
would be better? It seems that what is being
proposed
is removing the value added of an open content
encyclopedia, and would be damaging for that
reason.
One thing the current EB FUD was right about is that
sometimes good articles
are edited into becoming worse articles.
How would having a review board remove any added
value? If anything, their
input and selection is by definition added value. No
part of article
development or creation would need to change. There
would just be a final check
by a review board before a particular version of an
article is labeled as 1.0.
The article would *not* be protected from editing
but a static version of the
1.0 version would be available for those people who
wanted it (a diff could be
used to see what changes have been made to the live
version). All development
would be directed toward the live version.
Discounting what critics have to say and continuing
to maintain that everything
is perfectly fine as-is, is just sticking your head
in the sand.
A common criticism about Wikipedia is that there is
no easy way to find out if
the article you are reading can be trusted at all.
Versioning will help that.
-- mav
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