[WikiEN-l] Nuke [[WP:CITE]] and [[WP:RS]]

[Ray Saintonge]

Michael Hopcroft wrote:

>Phil Sandifer wrote:
>  
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>>Susan does 90% of the work. The hardcore do about 10% of the work, a  
>>lot of which is cleaning up after Susan. But that's still a massive  
>>net amount of work being done by Susan. Who does not show up on this  
>>mailing list to offer her viewpoint, which is why we need to take  
>>care to stop and think about Susan (and, of course, the other  
>>thousands of casual editors.)  
>>    
>>
>It is probably time we recognized that the very concept of Wikipedia -- 
>"An encyclopedia that anyone can edit, that will become the best 
>encyclopedia in the world" is utterly self-contradictory and therefore 
>impossible to achieve.
>
>To exclude "Susan" would defeat the purpose of Wikipedia. To NOT exclude 
>"Susan" would ALSO defeat the purpose of Wikipedia.
>
>There is no way to use a rational means to achieve an irrational goal.
>
I'm happy to see that you get it.  There's no rule in life that says 
that everything must be rational.  Let's keep looking for the best way 
to live with this paradox.

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