Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012/Option 1: Difference between revisions

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#'''Endorse'''--[[User:Drboisclair|Drboisclair]] ([[User talk:Drboisclair|talk]]) 08:13, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

#'''Endorse'''-- My understanding of the PC issue is that the crux of it is designed to address and control vandalism. According to a Wikipedia statistic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edits_by_user_type.png 8.1 percent of all edits are vandalism, comprised of 6.5 percent attributed to unregistered editors and 1.6 percent attributed to those registered - meaning 91.9 percent of edits are outside the purview of vandalism. Adopting PC will serve to control all Wikipedia edits, not just vandalizing edits. Wikipedia has become a globally trusted, although imperfect, source of information due to the "anyone can edit" policy. PC will undermine the credibility of Wikipedia as a democratically derived information source and defeat the only equal access information provider on the planet. Wikipedia is akin to a living, breathing organism structured and capable of presenting valid and accurate information within a real-time capacity. Let's keep it that way. --[[User:SgtMayDay|SgtMayDay]] ([[User talk:SgtMayDay|talk]]) 09:39, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

#I can appreciate the appeal of more granular editing privileges and PC has some clear advantages over the current use of edit requests. That said, the current incarnation of PC is a nightmare for a laundry list of reasons detailed above and I don't think it can be salvaged. I believe that the deployment of PC on large portions of the wiki, a possibility that a few editors are excited about, would be nothing short of disastrous. [[User:ButOnMethItIs|ButOnMethItIs]] ([[User talk:ButOnMethItIs|talk]]) 17:00, 20 May 2012 (UTC)