On 1/4/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/4/06, Anthony DiPierro
<wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
It's a lot easier to get along with somebody if you know who they are,
what they believe in, etc. Do you disagree, or do you just think it
isn't important for Wikipedia editors to get along with one another?
I work well with many editors and seldom give a thought to their
backgrounds, native tongue, politics, religion or personal outlook on
life. That they share with me an ability to cooperate is evident from
their behavior and the results of our cooperation.
So, I guess your answer is that you don't know if it's easier, because
you've never tried it.
I am very suspicious of the suggestion that having
editors categorized
by beliefs and convictions helps Wikipedia, and I see no evidence that
this is so. Moreover Wikipedia survived very well to the point of
800,000 articles without any significant user categorization by
belief. I am aware of three recent cases in which that categorization
was used in attempts to further factional ends, and I am also aware
that the number of such boxes has increased tenfold in one month. The
balance is thus tipping strongly against conviction-related userboxes.
You're entitled to your opinion. I hope you don't think everyone else
shares it with you, though.
Anthony