From: "David Gerard"
<dgerard(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:02:16 +0000
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)
On 27/12/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Back to some basics of my argument, or proposal,
or whatever it has become:
I am not talking about 'experts'. If I see an edit has been made to an
Article in WP I would like to be able go to that Article's History Page and
see the 'source' (person) of that edit, with a User Name in Blue. Then, if I
choose, I can go to that corresponding User Page and learn something about
that editor - it really is that simple!
If their userpage is a red link or they're anon, that tells you
something about them too ;-) As it is, IPs don't get no respect. Which
is unfortunate, but statistically justifiable.
That said, people *still* don't believe that "edit this page" means
them too. I try to encourage people to edit, saying we are very
pleased to have just anyone fix typos, etc., without having to create
yet another web page login to remember.
- d.
David,
I, too, have encouraged persons to contribute to Wikipedia; and I will
continue to do so. I also encourage them to formally join the Community by
creating a User Page and introducing themselves. Nothing invasive; simply
their interests. Anything that says to the reader they are thinking and
sentient.
I admit I am also frustrated by the countless hours editors spend weeding
out countless incidents of nonsensical, and at times malicious, vandalism.
My background is sixties Berkeley - I am the antithesis of autocratic
bullshit. Yet, I believe, some parameters must be set to achieve a goal. A
protest without some order is merely chaos - and achieves nothing. And,
ultimately, what or who you are protesting wins.
Thanks,
Marc
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