lsanger@nupedia.com wrote:
Besides, Jimbo's proposal is to keep the very existence of the old timers' rights semi-secret.
Although it isn't inaccurate, exactly, I don't like spinning it in this way. Everything should be transparent and explained on the site in an appropriate place. It's just that if you're a newcomer, you needn't be burdened with knowing some of the advanced information before you can participate.
Mostly, people can just edit almost all pages the same as ever. If they've been around for awhile, it turns out that a link to edit the homepage magically appears. I suspect many newcomers will never know when they went from "newbie" to "Jimmy Wales Admiration Society" members. ;-)
Why let it expire at all?
Right, I would agree with this. Mostly, if someone isn't a troll, they'll continue to not be a troll. It's an empirical question. If someday we find that a bunch of former participants who we haven't heard from in a long time are coming back and writing "fart" on all the pages, we can make an adjustment.
Magnus' code lets you log in with a username and password.
Well worth looking at:
http://php.wikipedia.com is easy to remember, and leads us to:
http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/fpw/wiki.phtml