[WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

[Fred Bauder]

> Wikipedia as an outlet devolves control over information "to the people"
> -
> that is, people outside of hierarchical organizations where control and
> responsibility for information is assigned by some measure of merit.
>
> In 99.99% of cases this works out quite well; in the others, as we can
> see
> just from this thread, laudable goals (saving a life in imminent danger)
> would be discarded by those who see the world in absolutes and abhor
> compromise. It's a drawback we'll be grappling with for the entire
> lifespan
> of this project, I'm sure, and while we got it right in this case... In
> at
> least some instances, we can expect that views like those held by
> WJohnson
> and geni will prevail.
>
> Nathan
>

We simply can't let that happen. Their reputation must somehow be
factored into decision making.

Fred