Okay, so it is a fact that expert people are saying things that they cannot
know. I am all over global warming projections, myself, and I do not think
they are encyclopedic. They are the subject of endless debate over what the
rate of increase in error is as you go into the future. The material that
goes into those projections is much more important than what comes out of
them. Weather history, economic history -- those are fine subjects for an
encyclopedia. They must be condensed and made interesting with links and
analysis. Found a trend? Sure. Display it. Extrapolating it should be an
excercise left for the reader. Direction of wind in a high pressure zone
north of the equator? Sure. Today's projected high in Timbuktu. Far too
trivial. You would need megabytes of space for every day and our sources
would be...um...lifted. We would be echoes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oskar Sigvardsson" <oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com>
To: <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>et>; "English Wikipedia"
<wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A definite version of WP:CRYSTAL
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Fred Bauder
<fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>
wrote:
So how should we treat this from the Fianancial
Times:
Merrill chief sees severe global slowdown
By Greg Farrell in New York
Published: November 11 2008 14:42 | Last updated: November 11 2008 20:06
The global economy is entering a slowdown of epic propĀortions comparable
with the period after the 1929 crash, John Thain, chairman and chief
executive of Merrill Lynch, warned on Tuesday.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/834ebf5e-aff9-11dd-a795-0000779fd18c.html
What is true is not necessarily the underlying projection but the fact
that presumably expert people are saying these things.
Fred
Exactly. I see no reason for wikipedia not to say "The total scale of
this crisis is as of yet uncertain, but several economists are
projecting [whatever]", with references. Saying this isn't trying to
predict the outcome, which wikipedia shouldn't be doing, it's just
simply reporting what people are saying about the crisis. It provides
neutral and relevant information.
--Oskar
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