on 2/11/07 5:16 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
The main difference between Wikipedia then and Wikipedia now is that we now have people reading who don't contribute. Contributors know what to expect, they don't mind a little vandalism because they know how to fix it. Readers need what's visible at the moment to be right, not just something hidden away in the history. When Wikipedia first started, the only people that read it were those that contributed too, that is no longer the case. Originally, Wikipedia was made by geeks, for geeks. Now it is made by geeks for the world (for a suitable definition of geek - there are so many definitions out there, I'm sure one fits). We have a responsibility to our readers.
Thomas,
Excellent observation - interesting fact.
Thank you,
Marc