On 9/5/06, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
David Gerard notes that on wikien there are many such essays; and I believe there are also quite a number on de:wp. Are there any efforts to gathering/organizing these essays, similar to efforts to organize policy?
As I understand it, most essays used to be on meta, whereas nowadays they are often created on the "home" project of their author. My speculation is that its a function of meta becoming less of a place for broad, generalist discussion about the projects and more about coordination.
I'm not aware of any global efforts to gather essays, although some users do keep their own lists. MeatballWiki (http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?MeatballWiki) of course is a goldmine for this sort of thing.