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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
That's just it though. It can't be remedied. Not without vast numbers of checkers, proofers, and vetters checking, proofing, and vetting for vast amounts of volunteered hours. And who do you trust to do the checking, proofing, and vetting that would be necessary?
Posted guidelines would be nice, but would in all likelihood be no real deterrent/solution.
And besides ... whether or not the vast majority of MR users agree that they'd prefer an author's original words be sacrosanct (and I include myself in the group that does), the very definition of Public Domain means that they no longer are. They can be quietly changed, altered and used will-nilly. And even though we'd like to be notified of any and all changes to the original, we're not even really entitled to that. Which brings us back to many people's point (myself included): If you require 100% validation that a public domain work is un-messed-around-with, stick to paper and forget about downloading ebooks from anywhere. Because all the guidelines and warnings in the world won't give you the piece of mind you're looking for.
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But that is not the only alternatives. You can also strongly recommend that each book is tagged with which paper edition is should correspond to or if it is not corresponding to any specific paper edition that should be stated. Then people who care about knowing what edition they are reading can make an informed decision. And if the intention is to correspond to a specific paper edition you can proof read it if you want.