[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia as a primary source

[Marc Riddell]

on 3/13/07 10:08 AM, Rich Holton at richholton at gmail.com wrote:

> Can't we discuss these sort of ideas without resorting to quoting
> policy? Ok, yes, we can state what the current policy *is*, but
> sometimes it's worth considering what the policy *should be*, or what
> the actual practice should be. Or, why the current policy is the correct
> policy. But, in this kind of a conversation, just simply quoting policy
> is not particularly useful (IMHO).

That would require thinking outside of the box - something many of the
contributors to this List seem reluctant to do.

Marc Riddell