On Nov 6, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
English Wikipedia is already serving more than _a million_ 'damaged' page views per-day*. I'm personally a bit tired of browsing Wikipedia being shock image roulette.
The urgency and lack of eventualism clearly causes harm, but it's not entirely unjustified. What is your answer to this?
Mine, at least, is to point out that we seem to be having no problems skyrocketing in the Alexa rankings and in popularity despite this. That does not mean we should not fight vandalism. But it does mean that our userbase seems relatively accepting of the fact that sometimes you'll load an article on Earl Grey tea and get a picture of a man's distended anus. Yes, we get a few upset e-mails from people who are not accepting of this every day at OTRS. But it doesn't seem to be having a crippling effect on our perceived usability at present.
-Phil