On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 3/6/08 9:23 AM, Relata Refero at refero.relata@gmail.com wrote:
Why? We shouldn't care that much about the "community". Caring about
such
nebulous things as the "community" and its "ideals" is one of the
reasons
why the social-networking side of WP gets in the way of improving the encyclopaedia. I personally try never to use the word "community".
"Project"
is more correct. If you think about the difference between those words, you'll realise why your concerns are almost certainly irrelevant.
RR
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:30 AM, SlimVirgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
The question for good people on all sides is: what can we do now to help save and protect this community and its ideals?
Sarah
Sarah,
The above post by Relata Refero is a good example of what you are up against asking the questions you are asking. And, unfortunately, it's all too typical: People having a much more comfortable time dealing with 1s & 0s than with other people.
Marc Riddell
I think that's vaguely insulting, actually. More to the point, its a spectacular assumption about my personal habits based on a statement I made about institutional structures. Either way, it would be normally quite unhelpful - except that its actually more than a little illustrative of my point.
RR