On Dec 16, 2007 2:00 PM, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
G MZ wrote:
I cannot see what difference it would have made if Christiano had told Jimbo
- what would Jimbo have done differently?
We could have had Jimbo be the one to break the story to us, rather than the Register. I don't like having forums that have traditionally been considered irrationally critical of Wikipedia turn out to be the best place to go to find out about Wikipedia's inner workings. It boosts the credibility of those forums at the expense of our own.
Well, first of all, I don't think we could have had Jimbo be the one to break the story to us, since he is apparently restricted by a confidentiality agreement and/or some other legal constraints not to talk about it. Secondly, wouldn't it be better for Christiano to just tell us directly? Spin doesn't help us, whether it's Jimbo's positive spin or the Register's negative spin.