On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 04:38:40PM -0800, Daniel Mayer 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.
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.