On 10/28/05, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
Anyway, I was thinking of it after reading something that Jimbo himself had written (http://www.ladlass.com/ice/archives/009846.html) so I don't think saying it's not in the spirit of wiki (as if wiki had a single spirit, anyway) is really quite going to cut it by itself.
That link reflects something which was widely misquoted in the press. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements_August_2005#August_5 :
"Numerous news outlets are quoting a Reuters report that Jimmy Wales has stated that there will be a "freeze" on editing. Jimbo says that statements about methods for achieving the widely-discussed stable "Wikipedia 1.0" were misinterpreted as implying a project-wide lockdown. Wikipedia's open editing will continue for the forseeable future, and any potential stabilized version would exist alongside the current system. Jimbo was last seen looking for the 'edit this page' link on the Reuters article."
Angela.