[WikiEN-l] Being bold doesn't work anymore, or why our prose is so bad.

[Ray Saintonge]

Vee wrote:
> On 07/09/2007, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>   
>> On 9/7/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>     
>>> Ben Yates wrote:
>>>       
>>>> We really, really need stable versions.  There's no point in trying to
>>>> spruce up the writing style of heavily-trafficked articles until we
>>>> get them; I gave up a long time ago.
>>>>         
>>> There's a new MediaWiki version coming up very soon now, will stable
>>> versions finally be enabled in it?
>>>       
>> Can someone explain how stable versions could possibly help any of this
> Stable versions is Wikipedia's answer to everything.
I support stable versions, but that does not justify taking optimism to 
such dizzying heights.  I have been around long enough to appreciate the 
ability of Wikipedians to generate new bugs in any system.

Ec