On 14/05/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
The Leader I am speaking of is a person with a passion for the Project and its people, but detached from its content. Someone with the patience, interest and skills to manage the day-to-day activities of a Project. They should not be involved in any active editing of any Article in the Project. Their role is strictly a problem-solving one. A person that, when all the dust settles, at whose feet the daily buck does stop. This person may be difficult to find, but I do not believe impossible. The person can come from within the Project or from without. However, if from within, that person would need to stop all editing of content, and devote all of their time and energy to helping those who are. My main intent with this thread was to get some serious, creative minds thinking about what I see is a serious problem confronting the future of WP and its people.
on 5/14/07 3:03 PM, David Gerard at dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
At the moment I see it as several communities inhabiting the same space and banging into each other in areas where one assumes control over an area and another disputes that. Rather than a single coherent community.
Actually, you are right, David; WP is more like a Nation of States, or a Continent of Countries (and, that's as far as I'm willing to go with the geographic analogies :-)). And each one will, rightfully, guard their own turf. This I see as fine; it gives WP the diversity reflective of the real world. But, what must exist is a common ethic, a common purpose - and let those be the elements of a common culture. But, in any case, when States and/or Countries are at war, it diminishes their resources, diverts their true purpose, and, most critically, costs lives.
Let's continue this thread for a while. Anyone else want to describe the elephant as they see it?
Yes, folks, please jump in.
Marc