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In a way you are correct, since the things that I have identified so far are only the more superficial symptoms of a condition that I don't think is likely to improve a bit under this regime of defensiveness and denial. Either that, or I'm talking to people who have just been extremely lucky in their own experiences on WikiPedia so far. Or maybe the first attack of the WikiPiranhas and WikiPuppets is just the standard initiation rite of WikiPassage around here, and you're not really interested in the sort of potential contributors who just want off the island after their first encounter with the local Lords of the Flies. It is always possible that some folks just prefer that kind of culture, but it's a culture of waste, and a dynamics like that always eventually catches up, and overtakes you.
Jon Awbrey
Steve Bennett wrote:
On 6/27/06, Jon Awbrey jawbrey@att.net wrote:
okay, i get it, everything is just hunky dory in wikiparadise. do not let the fact that wikipedia wastes expertise the way a bradley fighting vehicle wastes gas trouble you one teeny bit.
Don't get me wrong, there are things wrong with Wikipedia, but you don't seem to be particularly effective at identifying them.
Steve
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