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Even Douglas Adams couldn't foresee The Deletionists - people erasing parts of an encyclopaedia with nearly infinite space, because they're not worth knowing ab
by anonymous 14y ago
Even Douglas Adams couldn't foresee The Deletionists - people erasing parts of an encyclopaedia with nearly infinite space, because they're not worth knowing about. Or the "I undid your edit, because I don't believe you're right and I have a username, while you don't"-ists. In a way, we surpassed his vision by a large margin, though I don't doubt he always knew we would.
- a1k0n 14y agoOne could argue the editor's paring down of Earth's entry in the Guide to "mostly harmless" is an instance of exactly the same thing.
- youngerdryas 14y agoActually he changed to "mostly harmless" from "harmless" if I remember correctly.