Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 10/1/06, Luiz Augusto <lugusto(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
WikiMedia isn't only WikiPedia. I'm on
wikibreak in anothers wikis and now
edit only in Wikisource. I can't find any problem with encyclopedic articles
because my home wiki is intended to host only primary sources.
English Wikipedia have your on mailing list and wikipedia-l is intended to
be a mailing list for global issues on Wikipedia projects. The
question of credibility
is relevant to all Wikimedia projects, but attempts in talk about
encyclopedia credibility is not relevant to all Wikimedia projects.
It's funny that you'd effectively accuse the person who is probably
the #1 human contributor to enWiksource (Danny) of having project
tunnel vision.
Get off it! I see no implicit accusation of anybody in Luiz's
comments. There are valid arguments for and against, in deciding the
list on which this thread belongs. For one person to disagree with
another on this kind of thing does not imply accusation. Assume good faith.
The fact of the matter is that the problems discussed
in this thread
are a real concern for all of our projects, including Wikisource.
Any solution which would help us keep imaginary islands out of
Wikisource would also likely help us keep imaginary primary sources
out of Wikisource.
Sources of any kind, not just primary ones. Erik's "source" for
[[Porchesia]] might have kept the island there even longer than no
source at all. Too bad for our hoaxer that he didn't think of that.
Ec