[Wikipedia-l] A quick thought about 1.0

Delirium delirium at rufus.d2g.com
Mon Dec 22 02:47:56 UTC 2003


Jimmy Wales wrote:

>The idea is that Wikipedia can be *more* expansive once we have a 1.0
>"certification" process to keep people happy.  No one can argue "that
>doesn't belong in an encyclopedia" after that, because the simple
>response is "well, it may not belong in 1.0, but it's o.k. for
>wikipedia raw".
>  
>
A belated comment: I'd still like to make sure there's *some* standards 
for Wikipedia.  It would be unfortunate if it turned into "1.0 is the 
'real' encyclopedia, so 'wikipedia raw' is an anything-goes dumping ground".

-Mark




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