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Comment by mistermann

14 days ago

It would be useful to have a site that logs all plausible issues of this kind, at arm's length from Wikipedia editors.

Kind of a "Who watches the watchers?" type of thing.

Why would that not be prone to the same issue you think Wikipedia faces?

  • Maybe it would not, but putting all your eggs in one basket has never been a good idea either.

    • I don't think that's what we're doing, considering Wikipedia points to other 'baskets' as sources.

  • Superior methodology (transcending numerous cultural / psychological / cognitive norms and obligations) is how I would go about it.

    For example: banning the conflation of opinion and fact, like what's going on (and always goes on) in this thread, a behavior that is protected (doing otherwise "is not what this site is for").

    If an imperfection is noted: log it, investigate, improve. Rinse, repeat.

    Also: best prepare one's will, life insurance, etc before undertaking such a project.