[WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

[Bill Carter]

Dear Larry Sanger: Please keep Citizendium going and do not step down in two years as, I believe, you have previously stated. Eventually more writers are going to show up at Citizendium if it proves to have a more collegial and collaborative atmosphere. We are currently stuck with Wikipedia, but you offer a great alternative.


Bill


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From: "purple.clouder at gmail.com" <purple.clouder at gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:24:38 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

On Apr 9, 2009 9:11am, Larry Sanger <sanger-lists at citizendium.org> wrote:
> > You may not have taken the trouble to acquaint yourself

> > with the methods by which legitimate feedback and comment

> > on wikimedian matters is currently channeled, but it would

> > very much be worth your while, to facilitate a smoother

> > communicative experience.

> This illustrates a sort of silly, condescending manner of speaking among

> Wikipedians that really ought to stop. Enough said.


For once, I agree with Mr. Sanger. Unfortunately, the Wikipedian culture is  
now fossilized into strange patterns that are strange, unnecessarily  
complex, difficult to learn, and don't quite work the way they're supposed  
to anymore. I know you say you wish you'd done more in the beginning, but  
you can't and we have too much of a barrier to entry.

Enough said.

~O
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