On 28-07-2003, Erik Zachte wrote thusly :
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I am not against freezing articles to deal with random
troll droppings.
I am vehemently against an elitist approach. It blows the whole concept.
How many wikipedians have university degrees right now? Probably quite a
few. How many of those concentrate on their field of expertise? My guess
is: a lot less. Wikipedia is a hobby, even experts want to take a break
from their daily work every now and then, and Wikipedia provides this.
So many of these experts will be in fact amateurs when working on
Wikipedia. This is guesswork of course. My point: if amateurs have
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How about doing an anonymous survey of Wikipedia editors/contributors on
meta.wikipedia.org ? It might be interesting and possibly helpful
to know who we are, what are our attitudes and motivations.
accomplished so much already, it would be a disgrace
to make them second
rank members.
Regards,
Kpjas.