[Wikipedia-l] Why do we not make it clear that Wikipedia is a work in progress?

Mon Dec 5 23:45:48 UTC 2005

Brion Vibber wrote:

> Why is there not a big, fat, clear warning at the top of every article that this
> is a work in progess, has not been formally reviewed, may contain factual
> inaccuracies or vandalism, and *should not* be used for reference without a very
> large grain of salt?
> I've gotten tired of having to remind people (even Wikipedians) that Wikipedia
> is still a draft, and that we have *ZERO* reviewed-and-vetted-for-the-public
> pages yet. We don't even have a review system in place yet.

Perhaps make the puzzle-globe covered in the letter "beta"!

- d.