On 9/27/02 9:03 AM, "koyaanisqatsi(a)nupedia.com"
<koyaanisqatsi(a)nupedia.com>
wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
The original purpose of Meta was to balkanize
discussion about the project
from the Wikipedia Recent Changes page. It was clear to me that would
inevitably lead (with the alternative of the mailing list) to the decay and
disuse of meta-discussion in the WikiWiki Way. And it has.
This can be repaired by unbalkanizing it and by unbalkanizing the mailing
list. Users should be able to include both meta and the mailing list updates
into the Recent Changes functionality.
That's not an idea I would like at all. I go to wikipedia when I want to
write or edit articles, or do mindless updates like on the year or country
articles. I go to the mailing list expecting policy discussion or explanation
of motives, etc. I go to metapedia expecting hopelessly POV essays which
typically don't merit response.
Note that I write "Users should be *able* to..." They wouldn't have to. And
note that meta used to have a more useful purpose.