on 6/27/07 12:33 PM, Stan Shebs at stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
Marc Riddell wrote:
Or do you see anything that needs to be done that is not done today?
Full, active, day-to-day oversight of the Project.
Oh, I see - you mean somebody like Larry Sanger! :-)
That's way before before my time here. But from the history I have read, no - not someone like him.
It's instructive to ponder that a person in your suggested role failed at it when WP was just 1/100 of its present size and complexity.
Perhaps the person failed, does that necessarily mean the role did? And, if the role he played did fail; perhaps the specifics of the role needed work.
Although I think it's theoretically possible to have a single person that does daily oversight of WP in its present state, I also think there is no actual human being alive today who possesses sufficient talents to have the kind of beneficial effect you're imagining.
Stan, I don't share your pessimism.
Marc