[Foundation-l] Wikipedia disclaimers, Take II

[Kim Bruning]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:23:08PM -0400, Samuel Klein wrote:
> 1.  How much should we care about encouraging people to understand the
> pro/con aspects of Wikipedia's mutability?

As much as possible! :-)
And then get them to edit!

> 3. positively : We can use the time people spend visiting/viewing a
> disclaimer to educate them a bit about disclaimers in all sorts of
> knowledge everywhere.   A disclaimer that provides background and
> context for disclaimers in general and those used in reference works
> in specific.  Would that be ok?  It would certainly be interesting and
> empowering, rather than frightening and offensive, as some find the
> current texts.

What do you propose?

> 
> 4. alternatively : groups that really worry about being sued tend to
> have longer, even more frightening disclaimers than ours; is it worth
> finding an eloquently conservative set of disclaimers that enumerates
> hundreds of specific ways in which Wikipedia should not be used?

This could be an endless source of humor too. <innocent look>


read you soon,
	Kim Bruning

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