On 1/18/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I actually spoke at some length about this with
the person who called
me - death notices often do in fact show up on Wikipedia before almost
anywhere, e.g. the death of [[Andrea Dworkin]], where it went straight
from a feminist mailing list to her article and only hit the media
during the following day. Being *current* is one of our really strong
suits, and the readers know this.
Ok, so what do we do when mostly we're right, we're occasionally
laughably (or harmfully?) wrong, and we don't seem to have much
control either way? Tough to implement any policies telling vandals
how to behave when they're up to no good...
While vandals are a fact of life, I think that the discussion is best
furthered by assuming that the editors involved in a current events
article are acting in good faith.. In the rush to get things done
errors will crop up, but we are in a better position to openly admit an
error. We can go on with the correction much faster than the more
traditional media. .An ongoing event warning remains important.
Ec