> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> > wrote: >> And that's just one of many sections erroneously blaming the WMF for >> content issues. For example, "A WikiProject of topic lists has existed >> since November 2007, but it is still half unfinished" and "the 100 >> articles about the hundred United States Senators have been shown to >> render erroneous, if not libelous, information". Obviously, the >> Foundation is not responsible for these issues. >> > > Just to point out...saying "it's a content issue, not a Foundation issue" > means absolutely *nothing* to the vast majority of people out there. > > -Chad
Yes, definitely Inside Baseball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_baseball_%28metaphor%29 Common sense tells anyone that an organization that publishes an encyclopedia is responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of its content. A disclaimer, however legally adequate, that few are likely to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer has little purchase. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
