On 12/12/02 6:52 PM, "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
What is the fear of Jimbo's proposed moderation
experiment?
All he's saying is that wikiEN-l will be moderated for a little over 2 months,
i.e., until March 1, 2003. At that point we will decide whether to unmoderate
it, or to continue.
Anyone who wants to participate on a moderated English-language list, to
discuss the English Wikipedia, is welcome. All others are still free to post
to wikipedia-l which will remain unmoderated. Those who like their scum or
slush or whatever unfiltered will still get plenty this way.
What could possibly be wrong with such an experiment?
Some brief answers: It would establish a corrosive policy as status quo. It
would imply--and then establish as the baseline reality--that wikipedia-l is
useless, a haven of scum and slush. It would create even more divisions in
the wikipedia community.
It evokes some of the similar problems with charter schools, tracking, etc.