Meaning

(Wikimedia jargon) 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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When Should You Use Eventualism?

Use eventualism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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