Hi folks,
I am formally proposing that Wikipedia be forked and that a new
compendium of human knowledge, Wikipendium, be created as an
independent alternative with a more pleasant, respectful, productive,
constructive community with simple, clear rules and an unbureaucratic
and responsible governance structure.
I believe, along with many others, that Wikipedia community members
are frequently unjustifiably hostile towards viewpoints other than
their own and towards the users who hold these viewpoints. In
addition, I feel that Wikipedia has become too bureaucratic,
ineffective, and indecisive and has placed the values of quantity and
openness, while important, over those of quality and reliability
respectively. I believe that Wikipedia's continued rejection of, and
discrimination _against_, experts is outrageous and must be amended,
but in a far less elitist and arrogant way than Citizendium has
attempted.
The official proposal may be found as a blog at
http://wikipendium.blogspot.com/ . All people who are interested are
invited to participate in discussion there.
Best and friendly regards,
Thomas
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Thomas H. Larsen
thomashlarsen.wmf(a)gmail.com
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thomas_H._Larsen