On 4/11/06, Ben Greenberg bengreenb@hotmail.com wrote:
Its simply naive to say that infinite edits means an infinitely good article. If you dont believe that bad, non-vandalism edits take their toll on articles, I invite you to look at the Featured article review. So many articles are ruined by people who simply aren't good at writing prose, and who enjoy adding useless factoids. Articles quite often get worse-- if your idealism has you believing otherwise, please look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hip_hop_music&diff=41510779&am...
A clearer example would be [[Omnipotence paradox]]:
The version that was featured: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnipotence_paradox&oldid=3946... After two and a half months, 500 edits, and being on the front page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnipotence_paradox&oldid=3943...
The "popular culture" section has grown and acquired a gratuitous non-free image, while the entire rest of the discussion has been reduced to stray paragraphs and a few brief lists.
-- Mark [[User:Carnildo]]