On 12/21/07, Zoney zoney.ie@gmail.com wrote:
evolution due to the modus operandi of the project. Even in the sphere of Irish-related articles (my area of frenetic activity when I was editing more) things seem to have become less pleasant - there were not so many problems back in the day with disputes say, over articles relating to Northern Ireland.
The stakes are higher now. A few years ago, Wikipedia was a cute internet project. Now, it's an authority which is much harder to ignore.
I'd like to see the modus operandi of Wikipedia change, but then, it probably wouldn't be Wikipedia then!
Given that 'modus operandi' is a term from crime fiction, what do you really mean? The processes by which we build the encyclopaedia? What would you like to change about them in particular?
Fwiw, I agree - I think Wikipedia went through a rapid period of change early on, inventing policies, concepts like IAR, NPOV etc...then stagnated. Some of those policies that were designed to maximise participation at the expense of quality etc, could now be reviewed. If anyone wanted to.
Steve