Geni,
On 6/16/06, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
Haven't you heard, Mark? Process Is Important.
When you are dealing with people you don't know yes.
We've gotten to the stage where processes that *don't exist* are cited by wonks.
Now, process wonks who insist we follow process regardless of the sanity of doing so are irritating, but they obviously have the best interests of Wikipedia at heart, and, provided they receive the proper therapy, can even become quite likeable people eventually. There's no excuse for saying silly things like "nobody may remove the speedy tag; use {{hangon}} instead".
Expect to see [[Wikipedia:Sucking eggs]] in the next day or so.
Not really. The admins who stay active generaly keep up. We do have problems with those who come back from a long break but it isn't a significant issue yet.
The problem is not that old users (admins or no) aren't keeping up. The problem is that new users aren't bothering to get acculturated. I already *know* how Wikipedia works. I help keep it running practically every day. So do most of the people on the list. And I don't appreciate some newbie who *doesn't* coming along and saying "you must do it this way, and I should know, because I'm not a newbie like you".