On 03/08/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
And, it is time for those who eagerly identify themselves in the media as being prominent figures in Wikipedia to begin taking an active role in its health.
on 8/3/07 11:47 AM, David Gerard at dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Heh. Me? I do talk about living biographies a lot to the media (how they're by far our biggest problem and how we're working on it). I'm not sure that talking about trolls harassing editors would help matters ...
David, I was not referring to any single person here. But, since you volunteered, take a close look at our two posts: I'm talking about the very health of the Wikipedia Community itself; while you talk about focusing on living biographies and trolls.
I'm certainly not suggesting discussing these Community problems in the media; but, rather, spending more productive time focusing on problem-solving them here at home.
Take a really close look at the majority of posts on this List for the past couple of days, and then tell me where the focus needs to be.
Marc