Amory Meltzer wrote:
These users are for more likely to be involved in perhaps the more Wikipedia-esque aspects (AfD, NFC, all the other Three-Letter Acronyms) and are probably yes, inherently more likely to be more comfortable online. Compare that to 70 students who spend their comparable time downloading "Single Ladies," movies, and porn, and the results almost laid out for you.
It's somewhat presumptuous to insinuate that those 70 were so dominated by those who use the Internet as their way of getting laid.
Moreover, the result was that Wikipedians scored low on "scored low on agreeableness and openness." Well... those aren't exactly the traits Wikipedia needs or wants. Useful, yes, but not necessary.
Quite the contrary
Wikipedia, operates on consensus, not unanimous voting. I may still hate your idea, but it's going to happen if there's consensus for it, agreeableness or not. It DOES seem to indicate that Wikipedians have at least normal conscientiousness and neuroticism, which would certainly lend well to working on an encyclopedia.
Some people do believe in the myth that it operates by consensus. One mustn't confuse bully tactics with consensus.
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