On 18/02/2008, James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
On 18/02/2008, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 18/02/2008, James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/02/2008, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
I don't know. :) If I did know, I would just edit the article and both sides would cheer for me.
A cynic would suggest that if you edited the article, the core community would fall in line behind you as you are Our Godlike Founder...
That cynic would be living in the past. Jimbo's opinion carries a lot of weight, but it's been some time since it was considered sacrosanct.
Are you seriously telling me that you believe that the community would oppose Jimbo on a significant and divisive issue?
If people strongly disagree with something, they'll speak up, regardless of who said/did it. Just take a look at the result of Jimbo reverting the attribution policy - there were plenty of people that strongly opposed him doing that (a minority of the community, though, certainly), and that was just a procedural dispute. This is a matter of content and policy and is likely to result in opposers being much more vocal.