Sam Korn wrote:
We should *encourage* the creation of forks, so long as they have a compatible licence.
I'm speaking of a particular reason for a fork. Are you saying you think the current example, and the image of Wikipedia that's the reason for it, is a *good* thing?
Then we can merge them back in and hopefully restore our image within the specialist communities.
That's a good idea, but ...
A little more assumption of good faith and preparedness to admit to being wrong on AfD would also help.
Go reread (or read) the evidence in the webcomics case. Note the direct assumptions of bad faith on the part of subject experts saying to AFD "actually, you're wrong on this one." They didn't start out having no faith in AFD's good will.
Funnily enough, many people when confronted with utter blithering stupidity will go so far as to say out loud "that's blithering stupidity."
- d.