Dear Larry Sanger: Please keep Citizendium going and do not step down in two years as, I
believe, you have previously stated. Eventually more writers are going to show up at
Citizendium if it proves to have a more collegial and collaborative atmosphere. We are
currently stuck with Wikipedia, but you offer a great alternative.
Bill
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From: "purple.clouder(a)gmail.com" <purple.clouder(a)gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:24:38 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales
On Apr 9, 2009 9:11am, Larry Sanger <sanger-lists(a)citizendium.org> wrote:
> You may not have taken the trouble to acquaint
yourself
> with the methods by which legitimate feedback and
comment
> on wikimedian matters is currently channeled, but
it would
> very much be worth your while, to facilitate a
smoother
> communicative experience.
This illustrates a sort of silly, condescending manner
of speaking among
Wikipedians that really ought to stop. Enough said.
For once, I agree with Mr. Sanger. Unfortunately, the Wikipedian culture is
now fossilized into strange patterns that are strange, unnecessarily
complex, difficult to learn, and don't quite work the way they're supposed
to anymore. I know you say you wish you'd done more in the beginning, but
you can't and we have too much of a barrier to entry.
Enough said.
~O
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