On 3/29/07, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I know, let's just shut Wikipedia down!
That would TOTALLY solve all our problems.
This is the problem, of course. We've developed this way of
operating--we make mistakes eventually we, we fix them, it doesn't
really matter. If I write something slanderously untrue about some
guy 2,000 years dead, who cares? But when it comes time to deal with
real people, who apply for jobs, get searched for on google (that
fascinating new form of contemporary voyueurism), or whatever else, a
mistake that lasts a day can be incredibly harmful. And when we
decide to put our "wiki philosophy", or whatever the hell it is that
you're appealing to here, ahead of the concerns of the people our
articles effect, we've created a project many of us don't want
anything to do with. And over the last few months, it's become very
clear to me that many Wikipedians have exactly that order of
priorities.
I guess that's why they put exit signs on doors.
Robth
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robth)