On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:45:17 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer
<maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Matt R <matt_crypto(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Equally, if there is a consensus that the hoax
should go ahead, it will be
restored.
I will not let any mob of people subvert our goal of creating an encyclopedia
just because it it is popular in part of the community.
The community exists to create the encyclopedia. When the community starts to
pull pranks on our readers for nothing more than some type of thrill, then the
community needs to be reminded of our goals.
Now I may be wrong about the severity of this specific case but I am *not* at
all wrong in the general.
I defer this specific case to Jimbo.
-- mav
A lot of established organizations create April Fool's jokes purely
for enjoyment. National news agencies often do this, even though their
goal is to provide people with accurate news stories. I don't see how
one joke per year would detract from our goals. As long as there's
obivous hints as to the nature of the article (like linking
[[Nihilarticle]]) I don't see a big problem with it.
-- MacGyverMagic