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by lucideer 1426 days ago
> rogue editors [...] power

The problem is that this takes SO MUCH time and energy. Most give up.

Taking time out of your day to voluntarily improve a free resource is already energy intensive without also expending that energy battling with zealots.

Edit: to be clear, I'm not saying providing proper references takes too much time, I'm saying that having to fight with people to be permitted to keep content while building references takes much more energy again.