lcrocker@nupedia.com wrote:
There is no such thing as an "administrator" in Wikipedia in the sense of someone responsible for its content, nor should there be. Nupedia has those (and should); Wikipedia just has us, and we are just as responsible for its content as anyone else. It does have a few folks to set policy, but even they have been very respectful of the community process of content creation and not tried to subvert it by establishing "control" or "ownership".
Let me say that I agree with this 100%. The only thing that holds wikipedia "on course" is "rough consensus and running code".
By my decree, Larry and I have a special position only with respect to legal issues (i.e. I won't let anyone use Wikipedia as a forum for trying to "napsterize" content -- not because of my own opinions about copyright, but because it's not consistent with our central mission) and that's it.
We'd also be ultimately responsible for making a decision about what to do if someone comes in who is aggressively abusive to the community process.