On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 06:39:43AM -0800, wikien-l-request(a)Wikipedia.org wrote: Isn't that just going to wedge the door open for every disputed article to end up with multiple versions? While I can see the benefits of the Wikinfo philosophy to article writers, I think it does readers a disservice. For $deity's sake, the major dispute seems to be over what period the city, for the purposes of the article, should be called Gdansk, and when it should be called Danzig. There appear to be a couple of sensible compromises that User:Halibutt has proposed. Why can't people choose one of those, note in the article that naming is an emotional issue, for the purposes purposes of writing the article a particular convention has been adopted, and this convention is purely a notational convenience and should not be taken for anything else? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Merkel robert.merkel(a)benambra.org http://benambra.org Lyle Lanley: Well there's nothing on Earth like a genuine bonified, electrified six-car monorail What'd I say? Ned Flanders: Monorail! Lyle: What's it called Patty & Selma: Monorail! Lyle: That's right, monorail All(chant): Monorail, monorail, monorail.. Ms Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud Lyle: It glides as softly as a cloud Apu: Any chance the track could bend? Lyle: Not on your life, my Hindu friend. Barney: What about all us braindead slobs? Lyle: You'll be given cushy jobs Granpa: Were you sent here by the Devil? Lyle: No good sir, I'm on the level. Chief Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can Lyle: Take my penknife, my good man. I swear it's Sprinfield's only choice Throw up your hands and raise your voice! Monorail! What's it called? Monorail! Once again Monorail! Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken All: Monorail..Monorail..Monorail! Monorail! Homer:Mono..'doh! --The Simpsons --------------------------------------------------------------------------