On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/5/5 Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org>: >> I would put a pretty large bet on the fact that someone is going to think >> they need to keep Wikipedia long past the point where it's worth it to keep >> it. Wrong decisions will be made to delete or oversight content, but >> whatever isn't oversighted or deleted will be kept by someone long after its >> usefulness has dropped below the cost of maintaining it. There are lots of >> packrats working on Wikipedia. > > You are only considering the direct useful of the information > contained, not the historical value it could have in years to come. We > don't research Roman building methods (to pick a completely random > example) because we want to use their methods to improve our own > buildings, we research them to learn more about the Roman people. You > can argue that history is useless, but I would disagree, as would many > other people (historians in particular!). > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >
In 3000 years, nobody will give a rat's ass about Britney Spears' discography (again, to pick a random example of "pop culture"). That's a bet I'm willing to make. -Chad _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l