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