Oskar Sigvardsson (oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com) [050704 20:44]:
This is a natural consequence of wikipedia, because
virtually all
discussions on wikipedia are about disputes. You don't put something
on a talk-page if you agree with them, and you don't start an RFC
either.
Hmm, that's a good point.
The chess championship is a way for users to interact
in a way that is
not related to disputes.
I do see your point on this. It's why some people complain of an "IRC
clique" - i.e., IRC habitues tend to know each other as reasonable folk to
chat to, so form a picture of each other as humans rather than nametags on
disagreements. In-person wikimeets do this too. Interesting. Do the various
Collaboration Of The Week projects have any similar effect? What else does?
- d.