In a message dated 3/1/2011 12:08:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, wikipedia@frontier.com writes:

If people actually understood how collaboration on a wiki works, it would be much easier for them to accept the projects for what they are, rather than creating drama about things they aren't. Then we could focus more on dealing with the drama on the projects themselves.

I think you miss the ball. It's not about understanding on a cerebral level. We all have collaborated IRL on various things. Very few of us, previously, have collaborated in a massively multi-player video game. Most of the time you fight each other, or the orcs, you don't collaborate on building a house or something.

It's a new experience for most persons, and I don't think you can get the full flavor with charts and graphs. You're going to need to document and recount some of the drama itself, without downplaying what actually occurred and why.

Some personality types are not suited for MMORG collaboration, and we shouldn't make it seem like all are.

W