On 5 March 2010 13:25, Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Charles Matthews

>> Oh yes, and what Carcharoth said about FLOSS history needing the
>> secondary sources: if "they" don't write the history, it isn't just WP
>> coverage that suffers, but the whole documentation, especially if the
>> primary sources are emails, perishable web pages, and suchlike.

> So basically, 'if you guys choose to use modern media like wikis and
> blogs, and not dead tree formats, then don't cry about your articles
> being deleted - it's all *your* fault! Cut your hair, you damn
> hippies!'


A lot of these deletions are on the complete absence of evidence that
anyone outside the project actually cares.


- d.

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