[WikiEN-l] To boldy delete what no one had deleted before!

[White Cat]

Indeed. I can sign under this. Wait... I have...  :)

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:03 AM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:

> What harms  the public view of Wikipedia is not articles on minor
> subjects, or on matters i anyone will understand are of significance
> only to fans. What really harms the perceived quality of  Wikipedia is
> promotional and inaccurate articles. almost everyone can realize that
> the content of a reference work may  include things they do not
> themselves want--but they do expect it to be both honest and accurate.
>
> We could decide either for or against the detailed coverage of popular
> culture, but what we cannot tolerate  is the diversion of effort in
> dealing with this. There is of course an obvious solution, which is to
> silence everyone who does not agree with me, but that's not going to
> fly. What we need is some way of not just forming a compromise but
> having it persist--otherwise any solution will be back to the same
> point in a few months. Arb com apparently does not think it is capable
> of this, but I don't see how else it can be done--they should try a
> little more boldness. Since they'll be criticised whatever they choose
> to do or not to do, they might as well decide.
>
> --
> David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
>
>
  - White Cat