On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Stephen Gilbert wrote:
--- Larry Sanger <lsanger(a)nupedia.com> wrote:
(2) I don't read MeatballWiki and I don't
think they
define Wikipedia's
values for Wikipedia. We define our own values. I
don't know if that's
what "avoiding CommunityExile" means, and I don't
care.
No one on MeatballWiki tries to define the values of a
community. It is, however, a group of people who
analyze, discuss and build online communities. Many of
them are experts in this area.
"Experts"? There are no experts in this area. Or, if there are, all of
us are.
Learning from what others have done (and not done) is
not the same as
looking to others to define Wikipedia.
I agree with that, but asking us to go to MeatballWiki to learn the terms
of the debate is a bit much. I have limited time for Wikipedia. If you
want to introduce a new term from MeatballWiki, together with all the
values that it implies, then by all means do so--but do so *here*, on this
list.
There's a rich history from older wiki communities
and projects that
we can, and should, draw upon, just as we draw upon existing sources
for encyclopedia articles.
Maybe. I'm not actually sure that that's true; Wikipedia is a completely
new thing. It's a wiki, but it's a lot more than a wiki.
OK, now I really *am* done for today.
Larry