On 8/24/06, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
"We have a history of being welcoming to _everyone_, and to then examine their track record, to assist them in improving their contributions, or to remove them from the project."
And I was no longer sure of how you felt about anyone can edit, since you did not clarify your position in the linked post.
"Anyone can edit" is a poor, reductionist and inaccurate slogan with negative connotations. I don't think that the idea behind "good authors are always welcome" can be expressed in a way that doesn't have the problems that I have enumerated; as long as you're referring to _people_, rather than their contributions, it will always come across as condescending and judgmental. Our slogan should not be engineered as a social filter; it won't work.
Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia that grows on you ;-)
Whatever we end up with should express our desire to build a great knowledge resource on the basis of openness, love and respect.