[WikiEN-l] More slogans

[Stephen Streater]

On 25 Aug 2006, at 10:28, Steve Bennett wrote:

> Hi all,
>  I was wondering if we wanted to try and get some kind of one-sentence
> slogan/summary/motto/mantra to explain exactly how authoritative
> Wikipedia is and isn't, and how it should and should not be used. Two
> thoughts that came to mind:
>
> - Wikipedia is a tertiary source. (Not a primary source, not really
> even a secondary source - we discuss and collate primary sources).
>
> - Wikipedia is the first word on everything and the last word on
> nothing. (We want to be the first place everyone comes to look up
> *anything*, but we don't claim to be the final word on *anything*,
> because we're always based on other sources which have more detail
> than we do).
>
> Comments?

I thought the first was a bit technical and dry for a strapline.

The first sentence of the second option is great for a strapline:
- Wikipedia is the first word on everything and the last word on  
nothing.