Fred Bauder wrote:
We're here to build an encyclopaedia, not a community. Usually the interests of the encyclopaedia and those of the community go hand in hand. Where they don't, the encyclopaedia comes first. Always and without exception.
It will be a lot easier for a community to build an encyclopedia.
It will. You'll note I don't say 'there should be no community'. I say that where the interests of the community conflict with those of the encyclopaedia, the encyclopaedia comes first. This should be self-evident and non-controversial.
Cheers,
N.