On 22 December 2010 00:17, Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I often see things that need fixing, but I'm in "look up" > mode and using Wikipedia as a starting point for finding some > information I'm after, and often don't have the time to even make a > note to come back to the article later. If I see things that need > fixing when I'm in "Wikipedian" mode, I do fix things then (but even > then, there is a trade-off between temp fix now, or detailed fix that > will take more time). It comes back to that trade-off in time spent > doing other things. Hm. I often hit "edit" on a section just to fix a typo I've spotted in passing. Resisting the time-sucking qualities is, of course, a problem. But when I'm reading other wikis I'll also happily hit edit to fix a typo (if they allow IP editing). - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l