on 2/1/11 7:58 PM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/02/2011, David Goodman dggenwp@gmail.com wrote:
The attractiveness of Wikipedia is not just that anyone can contribute content, but that anyone can help make policy.
You don't seem to live in the same world as other editors.
on 2/1/11 7:30 PM, Carcharoth at carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
Goodness, is that an incivil comment? :-)
FWIW, I agree with nearly everything DGG wrote.
Moving away from what makes Wikipedia different is a step that is fraught with danger.
What is the specific difference we're speaking about here, Carcharoth? And, what is the danger you're talking about?
Marc
In the case of your proposals, imposition of arbitrary authority; loss of volunteer and donor support; and lose of editorial independence.
Fred, please re-read what I said. The Council would be a body elected by the Community. How is that arbitrary? Why would their be loss of volunteer and donor support? And, I specifically said that the Council would have nothing to do with day-to-day editing or behavioral disputes. Where is the loss of independence?
Marc