[WikiEN-l] Re: Lir and his clones

[Daniel Ehrenberg]

--- Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Daniel Mayer wrote:
> 
> >That said, I do want to say that any "dictatorial"
> type of system is 
> >inherently flawed and the results are only as good
> as the leadership and 
> >mediation skills of the current dictator (which can
> be anything between 
> >benevolent to malevolent). 
> >
> A malevolent dictator would never have had the
> altruistic followers that 
> Jimbo has had here.  In such circumstances the
> 'pedia would have had far 
> fewer articles over the same time.
> 
> >The Romans started on the tract of a
> dictatorial-type system back with 
> >Augustus Caesar. Now Augustus was a great leader -
> just like Jimbo - but the 
> >system he created totally depended on the strength
> of charactor of the 
> >Emperor. So when a person with poor leadership
> skills or morals takes over in 
> >such a system then we have Neros and Caligulas. 
> >
> I thought of a Roman emperor comparison when i was
> composing my previous 
> response to this, specifically Marcus Aurelius.
> 
> >We /do/ plan on changing the system as part of the
> process of setting up the 
> >Wikimedia Foundation, BTW, so there is nothing to
> be angry about. 
> >
> My concern and support about the much bruited
> foundation has not been 
> based on the actions of our present dictator, but on
> insuring long term 
> continuity that would protect the project and make
> it self-sustaining 
> far into the future.
> 
> Ec

So you think that wikipedia will slowly die out if we
never make the Wikimedia foundation?
--LittleDan 

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