Meaning of eventualism | Babel Free

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A wikiphilosophy which emphasizes the importance of an article's value in the distant future.

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“Apart from writing encyclopedia pages, The Cunctator loved to discuss⟳ Wikipedia and its policies. He spoke for anarchy (or at least an absence of hierarchy), eventualism (Wikipedia will get⟳ there in the end⟳; his pseudonym means 'the delayer') and inclusionism (the wikiphilosophy whose motto could be 'let⟳ there be more articles').”

“For some, eventualism is a fancy name⟳ for "passing the buck." It is being lackadaisical in doing something right now to fix⟳ things. For professional writers, editors, and academics, leaving things in a half-baked state was a clear departure from their comfort zone. But given the masses of wiki, Slashdot, Usenet, and open⟳ source software veterans, eventualism remained the prevailing attitude, at least in the early days.”

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