On Sep 14, 2006, at 9:43 AM, David Gerard wrote:
Dear smart people,
Please look over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard/Process_essay and hack it to bits.
Pretty good, David.... I liked in particular the section on "You can't legislate against misunderstanding or malice"
My question is, is such a reliance on process and the inherent bureaucratization a natural evolution of a community of people wanting to create an encyclopedia based on NPOV, V and NOR? Is that a reversible/stoppable evolution? Is the current stratification of users (e.g. "inadvertent committees" or such similar groups; admins, etc.) unavoidable?
-- Jossi