On 12/05/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry to sound cynical, but I really think a lot of people are blind to
how
despotic and anarchic things really are on Wikipedia. It's a wonder
anyone
stays involved with Wikipedia for long - obviously we must attract a lot
of
strong-willed and determined individuals as editors.
Can you be both despotic and anarchic? Are they not mutually exclusive?
Amazingly, on Wikipedia they aren't. Various areas are not only one or the other, but seem to switch between the two depending on whether a group of people or an individual have the upper hand there, or a lot of people are trying to get the upper hand on the others.
Zoney