[WikiEN-l] Why Google's online encyclopedia will never be as good as Wiki...

[David Gerard]

2008/9/23 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:

> Seems rather damning of the Wikipedia process, where good and rational
> people are expected to work hand in hand collaborating with evil and
> irrational ones.


The common case is not evil and irrational ones, but good and
irrational ones, who are much worse. "Assume good faith" is a nicer
restatement of "never assume malice when stupidity will suffice." Or
"I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because rogues sometimes rest"
(Alexandre Dumas fils).


- d.