First of all, I don't think that Jimbo ever expected that Wikipedia would become this popular and widespread. The quote you use was made FOUR YEARS ago. A lot has changed in four years' time.
Now, I don't profess to know why we were the last to find out... that could be for any number of reasons. However, I think that this experiment is going to yield interesting results, and for that reason I endorse it. (Not as if anything needs my endorsing since I'm just one editor among hundreds)
Let's see what happens and see what comes next.
--Martin Osterman
On 12/6/05, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/5/05, John Lee johnleemk@gawab.com wrote:
http://news.com.com/Growing+pains+for+Wikipedia/2100-1025_3-5981119.html?tag...
Why were Wikipedians the last to know about this? I only saw some discussion on the mailing list about this, but nothing final. Why do we have to learn of this from the media instead of straight from Jimbo? This is really disturbing.
Not only disturbing, but disappointing.
I guess the only silver lining is that it helps confirm yet another cynical prediction I and others have made in the past.
Four years ago, Jimbo wrote "Wikipedia should remain permanently open to everyone who is attempting to make a legitimate contribution." [1]
I guess by "permanently" he meant "for a few more years" and by "open" he meant "restricted".
It's much easier to take away openness than it is to restore it.
I dare Jimbo to reverse his decision.
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_How_to_Destroy_Wikipedia _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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