[WikiEN-l] About the reliability of the Wikipedia process and content

[Mark Richards]

Well, if it's strictly for version 1, then fine, but I
really don't see why a group of 'experts' would make
for a more reliable article, it seems that it would
simply add the standard predjudices that these groups
bring.

The current process of everyone being able to review
seems to be better. For sure, eternal vigilence is
needed.

Mark

--- Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Mark Richards <marich712000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > What makes you think either that the current
> system is
> > creating mediocrity, or that the proposed review
> board
> > would be better? It seems that what is being
> proposed
> > is removing the value added of an open content
> > encyclopedia, and would be damaging for that
> reason.
> 
> One thing the current EB FUD was right about is that
> sometimes good articles
> are edited into becoming worse articles. 
> 
> How would having a review board remove any added
> value? If anything, their
> input and selection is by definition added value. No
> part of article
> development or creation would need to change. There
> would just be a final check
> by a review board before a particular version of an
> article is labeled as 1.0.
> The article would *not* be protected from editing
> but a static version of the
> 1.0 version would be available for those people who
> wanted it (a diff could be
> used to see what changes have been made to the live
> version). All development
> would be directed toward the live version. 
> 
> Discounting what critics have to say and continuing
> to maintain that everything
> is perfectly fine as-is, is just sticking your head
> in the sand. 
> 
> A common criticism about Wikipedia is that there is
> no easy way to find out if
> the article you are reading can be trusted at all. 
> 
> Versioning will help that. 
> 
> -- mav
> 
> 
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