On Feb 6, 2011 2:27 PM, "Marc Riddell" <michaeldavid86@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2/6/11 11:02 AM, Marc Riddell wrote:
>>
>>> You are absolutely right, Brandon. This is a systemic problem that has been
>>> in existence nearly as long as the Project has. And it has been documented
>>> countless times. If this were a technical problem it would have been solved
>>> long ago. If it were a problem that the Foundation felt was affecting
>>> financial contributions to the Project, it would have been a problem given a
>>> high priority to solve. Instead, the problem involves people. And the powers
>>> that be don't seem to know, and are not willing to learn, how to solve it.
>>> The attitude seems to be, "If a person leaves, there are plenty to replace
>>> them." There seems to be a high regard for content in the encyclopedia, but
>>> a very low one for those who create it. This is a recipe for disaster.
>>
> on 2/6/11 2:16 PM, Brandon Harris at bharris@wikimedia.org wrote:
>
>> I think you're incorrect with this assessment, actually.
>>
>> I am an employee of the Foundation, and I can tell you that my primary
>> task is solving this problem (the overall "participation" issue, that
>> is). I have several ideas about it and will be rolling up some
>> discussion points in the coming days.
>
> Good, I will be monitoring the process.
>>
>> This is my starting point, however:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jorm_(WMF)/Collaborative_Systems
>>
> This link led me to this page with this message: "User account "Jorm (WMF"
> is not registered."
>
> Marc
>
>
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