On 2/12/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone thought that about editing too, until Wikipedia proved everyone wrong.
Wikipedia didn't prove them wrong by showing that vandalism doesn't happen, it proved them wrong by showing that vandalism can be dealt with. The way we deal with it involves having some people with more power than the vandals. You can move the goalposts wherever you like, you still end up needing some people with more power than the vandals.
Actually, no. You need more positive contributors than negative contributors.
Giving the positive contributors more power makes their work easier, but it's not necessary.