On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.comwrote:
The characterization of my mainstreaming suggestion as "dumb-down Wikipedia enough to attract women" is exceptionally uncharitable and contributed significantly to my impression that you were trying to make a target out of me. Just so there is no lack of clarity on this point, I'm opposed to "dumbing down" in general and the idea that anything would need to be made _dumb_ to attract Women is completely unsupported by any information that I've seen. Making things more attractive to typical people doesn't mean making them dumber.
As a passive reader of this thread, I'd like to come to both of your defenses.
Greg, I don't think anyone was reading your thread with that as the implication. I certainly didn't take it that way, and I don't think Ryan did. He was making a supplemental point of the issue. No big deal, both posts are well thought out and while slightly contrary in nature, have the same end point.