[Foundation-l] Article validation (was WikiReader Free Software and Free Contents)

[Ulrich Fuchs]

> people recognition. But I would be happy to hear about
> other people opinion on that matter. I also know that
> several people have good ideas on this as well. So...

If we all would agree that we are working on an encyclopaedia, not an 
everything-goes-in-wiki, not a website, if we would all agree that its needed 
to delete poorly researched content and articles on silly subjects (like "the 
xyz drum produced by company A") while there aren't articles on the main 
subject ("Drumming"), then we wouldn't need to talk about those "validation" 
concepts, because the validation would happen all the time - the wiki 
principle would do. 

A validation process can operate in two ways: either there is some was of a 
democratic voting sytem, which will lead to mediocre article (science is not 
democratic). Or there are some people which are more trusted than others - 
and that's the capitulation of the wiki principle.

Our problems is not validation. Our problem is that the goals are not clear 
(what goes in, or perhaps: what goes in in which edition), and that editing 
(which means: deleting a lot of things) is considered bad habit. 

Uli