On 23/04/07, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not sure why these attempts failed, but it may
be that getting to know
your fellow editors as humans isn't very conducive to creating a culture of
mutual respect if you can't even respect them on a professional level. (The
most active and vocal Esperanzeans also had some of the most active and
vocal assumers of bad faith in their number.)
Much like the problem of wiki governance - 4300 frequent editors in
any given month (and 43,000 less frequent editors) is somewhat more
than 100-150. The usual solution is something to do with voting. But
Wikipedia systems including anything resembling a vote seem to rapidly
decay either into an insular committee of regulars or a lynch mob.
- d.