[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Carcharoth]

I see what you are saying now, and I agree. Asking every editor to
check every article to that level of detail is not feasible. The
amount of checking done should be determined by the reason for the
edit. Still, even if you spot a typo and go and correct it, I would
still check you aren't helping to "legitimise" a previous run of
vandalism edits. Always worth checking the recent history no matter
what edit you are making.

Carcharoth

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:34 AM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> Of course I agree with you Carcharoth.  When you revert vandalism, you
> should make sure you're not reverting to previous vandalism.
>
> But what was asked was "what if you are reverting to *incorrect*
> information".  That's not the same as reverting vandalism.  We cannot expect each
> vandalism reverter to know whether George Bush was born in Texas or Maine.
>
> Simple vandalism is one thing.  Reverting to "This drug is used to treat
> diabetes" is a quite different animal.  I'm sure you would agree.
>
> If we expect *each and every* vandal reverter to suddenly also be an expert
> in that article, than we're going to be facing a big problem.  There simply
> aren't that many experts to handle the vandals.  I hope you can see this
> point.
>
> Will Johnson
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