Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by sholladay on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:33AM
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There are probably hundreds of articles that mention macOS. What are you suggesting that they do, edit them all individually by hand? That could take months. If more than half of the instances deserve to be updated, then replace all saves time. You can always check the diff and undo any damage.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by sametmax on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:36AM
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I think lagging behind is better than a wrong correction.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by tgv on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:37AM
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I think you’ve (inadvertently) pointed out a serious weakness in Wikipedia’s editorial process.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by prepend on Saturday May 06, 2023 @09:11AM
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I think it’s a balance based on harm of not changing vs harm if changing incorrectly.
I’m this example, there very little perhaps no harm of not changing because it’s just a corporate brand and the corporation cares and if they cared, they would edit.
The harm of incorrectly changing means information is wrong and makes understanding wrong and readers either have the wrong knowledge or spend time researching and correcting something they normally wouldn’t.
I don’t think the goal is absolute accuracy of cosmetic branding, I think the goal is accurately capturing humanity’s information to improve human understanding and knowledge.