[WikiEN-l] Re: The whole point of wikipedia

Thu Oct 20 07:46:58 UTC 2005

G'day Tony,

> On 10/19/05, Martin Richards <Martin at velocitymanager.com> wrote:
> 
>>If you think all vandalism is noticed in RC then you are seriously wrong, it
>>is totally unquestionable that a significant amount does get through, sure
>>its not much compared to the total volume, but it is still way too much for
>>an encyclopedia that is trying to establish credibility.
> 
> Show me some old vandalism.

I've rvted vandalism that's been weeks old in the past (sorry, no 
examples come to mind).  But that's on really obscure articles that I've 
only come across because of Random Page patrolling or similar.

The longest I can think of with a specific example on a well-maintained 
(ish) page is [[Victorian Gold Rush]], which included an embarrassingly 
prominent test ("hello mr sheep") that wasn't noticed, despite others 
editing the article, for four hours.

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