On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 04:38:40PM -0800, Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- Mark Richards marich712000@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.
If you accept that conclusion, then you must also accept the conclusion than any changes a review board makes to an article could also make the article worse.
I'm not saying that they will or wont, I think we can't know until it's given a try. However, I don't think it's a given that a review board will at worst maintain the status quo.
Shane.