I see what you are saying now, and I agree. Asking every editor to
check every article to that level of detail is not feasible. The
amount of checking done should be determined by the reason for the
edit. Still, even if you spot a typo and go and correct it, I would
still check you aren't helping to "legitimise" a previous run of
vandalism edits. Always worth checking the recent history no matter
what edit you are making.
Carcharoth
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:34 AM, <WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
Of course I agree with you Carcharoth. When you
revert vandalism, you
should make sure you're not reverting to previous vandalism.
But what was asked was "what if you are reverting to *incorrect*
information". That's not the same as reverting vandalism. We cannot expect
each
vandalism reverter to know whether George Bush was born in Texas or Maine.
Simple vandalism is one thing. Reverting to "This drug is used to treat
diabetes" is a quite different animal. I'm sure you would agree.
If we expect *each and every* vandal reverter to suddenly also be an expert
in that article, than we're going to be facing a big problem. There simply
aren't that many experts to handle the vandals. I hope you can see this
point.
Will Johnson
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