Re: [Bug-gnupedia] A system of moderation

[Imran Ghory]

On 23 Jan 2001, at 2:51, Mike Warren wrote:

> Bryce Harrington <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Coincidentally, the IMC-Tech people (for indymedia.org) are having
> > exactly the same discussion on their list, today, with regard to
> > news article categorization. 
> > 
> > Makes me wonder if this is a much-visited issue, generally...
> > 
> > /me ponders the Dewey Decimal System ;-)
> 
> There are lots of good classification systems, which is why I think
> they should *all* be kept completely separate from the article
> repository. In 30 years, will the classifications we make today have
> any relevance? Doubtful. Hence, putting this type of thing into the
> actual article repository makes little sense.

An article which may be regarded as factually biased today, will 
almost certainly be regarded as factually biased in 30 years time .

Imran