On 12/7/05, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
I have some other ideas for experiments, by the way, if anyone's interested in actually trying things to make Wikipedia better.
Plesae share your ideas. And please Assume Good Faith in that essentially everyone here is interested in "actually trying things to make Wikipedia better".
--Jimbo
I think, unless I read english improperly today, that here, tc only says he has ideas to make things better. And would share them with anyone interested.
I do not read that he implies other ideas than his are bad. Nor does he imply that others are NOT trying to make things better themselves.
The key phrase is "if anyone's interested in actually trying things to make Wikipedia better". The phrase "if anyone's interested in actually trying to make Wikipedia better" clearly would imply that I don't think Jimbo is interested in making Wikipedia better.
What I meant is that I'm skeptical that Jimbo is interested in doing experiments; admittedly, I don't think this is a deeply thought through plan to improve Wikipedia; it seems like a relatively hasty response to a major tantrum--after all, I wouldn't want to be hauled before Kyra Phillips and the like and be unable to say I'm not doing anything to protect people from having their lives ruined. The primary motive seems to be able to say "Look at the change we're making in direct response to this wonderfully valid complaint--look at how responsive and responsible Wikipedia is. When people point out problems, by gosh, we fix them. It's the Wiki Way."
Sorry for the derailing. To make a suggestion of a real experiment, try getting rid of ArticlesForDeletion.