[WikiEN-l] A narrower concept of boldness

[David Gerard]

On 22/06/07, The Mangoe <the.mangoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/22/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> > The main reasoning behind BOLD is the fact that it's easy to undo any
> > mistakes. That holds for (most) administrative actions as well as
> > basic editing, so why wouldn't BOLD apply?

> But the problem is that it isn't that easy. 3RR gives whoever makes
> the first change an advantage: their opponent will get hit by the rule
> first. Being BOLD in policy is a major cause of The Wrong Version,
> because it's likely that disputes will get the text locked in the
> changed version.


The solution there is for editors to get the hint and be more patient
in editing. The article doesn't have to be perfect in the next hour.


- d.