[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia more popular than Britannica!

Fri Aug 1 21:58:09 UTC 2003

james duffy wrote:

> I think wiki does need as it develops to be able to have some 'final' 
> articles that, having reached a clear standard of accuracy, 
> readability etc can he removed from the editing process. 

Removing an article from the editing process isn't a great idea; for 
example, as books come on to [[Distributed Proofreaders]] we can get 
access to public domain images which may have a place in an article; I 
have a few pictures from the "Bellows and Blowing Machines" article, as 
well as some incomplete text, which could add to the bellows article, 
once I have the complete text (and have "weeded" it).

As for the sifter idea, I'd love to see it done like the languages 
links; "Click to see a certified version of this article" or whatever, 
but I recognise that this would give a catch-22 type situation.