[WikiEN-l] oopsie-- mainstream journalists trust Wikipedia again

[Thomas Dalton]

On 06/10/2007, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/10/2007, Vee <vee.be.me at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 06/10/2007, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > the day WP starts tending to be  on the sympathetic side, will be the last
> > > day
> > > anyone can trust it.
>
> > The point is that no one can trust Wikipedia.
>
>
> That's hardly a reason  to stop trying.

No-one is saying we shouldn't try. I'm just saying it's important to
accept that we will fail, and when we do, we need to do as little harm
as possible. We do that by erring on the side of sympathy (that is,
pretty much, what BLP says).