That's because, Marc, 1s and 0s matter more to Wikipedia than people do. Some scandal
splits the community? Half of everyone leaves in despair? Doesn't matter, we can just
draft in new populations - probably of higher quality than the current population, too.
Besides, I doubt whether there really was a time when the community ever did march
unitedly behind the banner of one set of "ideals". It's obvious that, even
from the start, our founders had different visions of what Wikipedia was - and what
Wikipedia should become. No point harking back to an imaginary Golden Age.
CM
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:54:34 -0500
From: michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net
To: wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] What is happening to the community
on 3/6/08 9:23 AM, Relata Refero at refero.relata(a)gmail.com wrote:
Why? We shouldn't care that much about the
"community". Caring about such
nebulous things as the "community" and its "ideals" is one of the
reasons
why the social-networking side of WP gets in the way of improving the
encyclopaedia. I personally try never to use the word "community".
"Project"
is more correct. If you think about the difference between those words,
you'll realise why your concerns are almost certainly irrelevant.
RR
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:30 AM, SlimVirgin <slimvirgin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The question for good people on all sides is: what can we do now to
> help save and protect this community and its ideals?
>
> Sarah
>
Sarah,
The above post by Relata Refero is a good example of what you are up against
asking the questions you are asking. And, unfortunately, it's all too
typical: People having a much more comfortable time dealing with 1s & 0s
than with other people.
Marc Riddell
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