On 23/04/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not sure why these attempts failed, but it may be that getting to know your fellow editors as humans isn't very conducive to creating a culture of mutual respect if you can't even respect them on a professional level. (The most active and vocal Esperanzeans also had some of the most active and vocal assumers of bad faith in their number.)
Much like the problem of wiki governance - 4300 frequent editors in any given month (and 43,000 less frequent editors) is somewhat more than 100-150. The usual solution is something to do with voting. But Wikipedia systems including anything resembling a vote seem to rapidly decay either into an insular committee of regulars or a lynch mob.
- d.