From: "Charles Matthews" charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com
Jayjg stated:
And I find Wikipedia extremely reluctant to use the tools it has to enfore communal norms, to its detriment.
Yes, the reluctance is clear. The reasons for the reluctance are clear, to most people.
Clear but misguided, as Jimbo has stated on any number of occasions. And if I'm wrong about that, I'm sure he'll correct me.
The variable quality will always be there, as far as anyone can see. The fact that some valued editors will leave is something WP will always have to live with.
I'm more of the "here's a problem, let's try to fix it" school than the "here's a problem, but nothing can be done (shrug)" school.
So I still believe the 'good editors exodus', about which we often here, is panicky. We should really be worried if their replacements were not being recruited.
Well, I don't know all editors. I do know of specific examples of subject areas where this is the case.
Jay.