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?
--Martin
On 12/6/05, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/6/05, Martin Osterman <stonewallgrant(a)gmail.com> wrote:
First of all, I don't think that Jimbo ever
expected that Wikipedia
would
become this popular and widespread. The quote
you use was made FOUR
YEARS
ago. A lot has changed in four years' time.
I know. But human nature hasn't changed much in that time.
And both Jimbo and I expected Wikipedia would become this popular and
widespread.
Now, I don't profess to know why we were the
last to find out... that
could
be for any number of reasons. However, I think
that this experiment is
going to yield interesting results, and for that reason I endorse
it. (Not
as if anything needs my endorsing since I'm
just one editor among
hundreds)
What annoys me particularly is pretending that this is an experiment.
It's not. It's a permanent policy change.
Who's willing to bet that I'm wrong?
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