From: "Charles Matthews"
<charles.r.matthews(a)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.