"For what do you hunger, Lord?" Moneo ventured.
"For a humankind which can make truly long-term decisions. Do you
know the key to that ability, Moneo?"
"You have said it many times, Lord. It is the ability to change
your mind."
Frank Herbert - "God Emperor of Dune" (p.55)
I have read everything that has been written here, as well as the links
detailing Wikipedia's history on the subject. A lot of thought - some
excellent ideas. But change can happen only if enough people believe it
needs to. I believe the Wiki Category system needs some serious study &
re-evaluation. Does anyone else believe it's worth a try?
Marc
From: Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:44:38 -0500
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
David,
I read it. A crowd can never come to a decision about anything; they can
only make enough noise to call attention to the fact that a decision needs
to be made. At some point, very early in its history, there was no Wikipedia
crowd. How, and by whom, were the decisions made that evolved into what
Wikipedia is now?
Marc
From: "David Gerard"
<dgerard(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:56:09 +0000
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
On 13/12/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
I am not suggesting that a "small
committee" (your term) fix the problems of
Wikipedia - just one small part of it. And, if flexibility leads to chaos
then it does more harm than good - and is ultimately destructive.
The trouble is that this trick never works. See [[WP:PRO]] for an
explanation.
- d.
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