On 3/31/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Matthew Brown wrote:
On 3/31/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
However, being realistic, our community is too large and impersonal for us to be in the business of reforming people - all we can do is change policies. But I get yelled at every time I suggest that.
Because changing policies does no damn good. Most undesirable things are already prohibited.
-Matt
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So wikipedia is doomed to keep having its sordid downside? We're doomed to always be fighting a losing battle against libels and lies? We're doomed to go on consoling victims with empty words? And there's nothing we can do about it? No way we can make the system even a little better? It isn't even worth the attempt?
I refuse to be that pessimistic or that cynical. The day I am, I will really quit.
Doc
I don't think about quitting, but I'm with Doc that we have to improve our performance in this area. Unfortunately, I'm bereft of brilliant ideas for doing it.
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