On 12 September 2012 18:32, Jim Redmond <jim(a)scrubnugget.com> wrote:
For what it's worth, this is not just a VIP
behavior. Most people assume
that Wikipedia has centralized control over content, and they want Someone
In Charge to fix things for them. (cf. all the people who e-mail Jimbo
asking him to make changes, or the people who volunteer for OTRS because
they want to fix errors on pages) It's difficult to correct these
assumptions, even after pointing out the big "edit" tab at the top of
nearly every page.
And when they *do* see the edit tab, we get a Grant Shapps incident ...
- d.