Where are the results of that experiment discribed?
Heinz
Stan Shebs schrieb:
The Cunctator wrote:
On 12/6/05, Martin Osterman stonewallgrant@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps my newness to the encyclopedia (member as of March, 2005) has left me feeling naieve. However, I'm inclined to give Jimbo the benefit of the doubt. He says it's an experiment, so I'm inclined to go with that.
On what grounds do you suggest that this is a "permanent policy change" in the guise of an experiment?
Primarily because experiments are better designed. I think part of the problem is that what I'm thinking of as an experiment is different from how Jimbo's using the word. He's probably just using it to mean "I'm making a change and I'm not 100% certain of what will happen, even though I'm pretty sure it'll be good."
There's a difference between "experiment" and "scientific experiment". The former is appropriate for speaking of "youthful experimentation" for instance, which is rarely pursued in a properly controlled way. :-)
Tightening up of WP openness and process is very much akin to what has happened to the Internet as a whole, in response to systematic assaults on people's computers. It wasn't that long ago that a number of idealists routinely made their passwords and other access info public, in the name of openness (I personally logged in as RMS a couple times, strictly for legitimate reasons! :-) ) Nowadays machines will get pwned within minutes - a sad statistic on the number of evildoers running rampant in the world.
Stan
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