On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:04:56 -0700 (PDT) stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
stevertigo, I am *very* with the problem you are describing. I don't think WP:CITE itself is the cause of the problem. WP:OWN is. The cause of the problem is Article Squatters.
I suggest to completely change the meaning of WP:OWN.
The Remedy I suggest is to have multiple versions of an article about the same topic, written each by different sets of people. In the way that NPOV on a controversial subject cannot be achieved in a single article, but only by using multiple articles that are each WP:OWNed by different sets of people.
So, say you're writing about, uh, bunnies, and MisterX joins in and you quickly figure out that you cannot work together, then instead of sinking into this HELLHOLE of edit warring, you'd each get [[bunnies_(by_stevertigo)]] and [[bunnies_(by_misterX)]]
and [[bunnies]] itself being no more than a disambiguation page.
Alternative, turn wikipedia into a metawikipedia that just contains links to other free online encyclopedia's entries. Its about the same thing, just the branding is different.