[WikiEN-l] Ayn Rand and Wikipedia

[Fred Bauder]

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:19 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
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>> I have worked for companies where I was allowed to create excellent
>>  computer
>> programs that were really years ahead of our competitors.  And  I've
>> worked
>> for companies where I was not.  In order for me to achieve  excellence,
>> I
>> require the looser management style that Ayn would probably  approve.
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> So how what would be the equivalent "loose management style" on
> Wikipedia?
> Or turning it around, what are the processes on Wikipedia that inhibit
> excellence and promote safe mediocrity?
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> Carcharoth

Insistance on content which consists of the canon of accepted knowledge.
While we almost sounded the alarm about the subprime mortgage we did not;
we just repeated the information that was put forth by "reliable sources"
that property values always rise.

Fred