On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
I have been trying for over two years to bring this issue to the serious attention of the "powers that be" in the English Wikipedia. My messages are met either with a "there he goes again" attitude, or are not acknowledged at all. Where does one go from there if not the Foundation itself?
The foundation is not likely to be able to do anything, even if it is willing (which I doubt). It makes some sense to treat them as the authority figure of last resort, but that isn't reality.
If a project so large in size and scope as English Wikipedia is having these problems with hostility and incivility, you're maybe seeing a manifestation of problems in human nature itself. See [[w:Dubar's Number]] for more information about large groups like this. If you can't fix the problem from within English Wikipedia, then the problems are likely to be unfixable.
--Andrew Whitworth