--- The Cunctator cunctator@kband.com wrote:
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 17:59, Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
I used to think that Lir would change. I also used
to
believe in Santa Claus (acutally I never did, but
you
get my point). Lir will never change.
In all of the other wikis (except for the ones
modeled
after us), there is no "supreme-dictator-for-life"
(as
you put it, perhaps humorsly, in a previous post). Most other wikis despise that we have one person running the whole thing. I don't think we should
keep
doing your unpopular decisions just because you
own
the servers. When you created Wikipedia, you also
gave
up control of it. We are a community, not governed
by
one person, but by everyone. On many of the About, FAQ, and similar pages, you state that Wikipedia
is an
anarchy, but that really is not true. As long as
you
unilaterally make decisions like this, wikipedia
will
never be a true anarchy, always a dictatorship. --LittleDan
That's not true. Lir has changed and will continue to do so. Not necessarily for the better, but he's a person, not a mythological creature.
There are plenty of non-anarchistic wikis. MeatballWiki is ruled with a velvet glove by Sunir Shah. Jimbo has made it plenty clear where the limits of anarchy lie.
You're off base here.
If you're really concerned, then agitate for forking. I wouldn't bother, and there are plenty of policies and decisions that I disagree with.
Finally, an anarchy is not governed by everyone--it's governed by noone. You're thinking of a (true) democracy.
I'd never think of forking. It's more trouble than it's worth. I guess I'll just stick with this. Sorry for my bouts of pointless rage. --LittleDan
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