On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Amory Meltzer <amorymeltzer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Good?
"Though the Wikipedia has more than 12 million registered users, its
inner core consists of roughly 1,700 administrators who possess the
ability to reject edits, lock down pages from further editing, and
deem entire entries unworthy. But the real power lies in the
Wikipedian equivalent of the College of Cardinals -- some 200 to 300
super-administrators who may banish transgressors for life and chart
the wiki's strategy and direction..."
With the exception of the first two numbers, nothing there is wholly
or remotely true.
I think that there's a definite point to that. There are a few core
admins and core vocal engaged users who are "super-users" in the sense
that we've generally mastered the policy and political stuff inside
and can get things done, either directly or by doing the right thing
process-wise. I don't know how far out to draw the line, but
somewhere between 250 and 500 people all told is probably a reasonable
guess.
How much influence we hold over content is a more complicated
question. Most of those super-users believe in the value of inclusive
consensus in a strong way.
With that said, WP:BITE is a constant problem...
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com