On 18/02/2008, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 18/02/2008, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 18/02/2008, James Farrar
<james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 17/02/2008, Jimmy Wales
<jwales(a)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.