lcrocker(a)nupedia.com wrote:
There is no such thing as an "administrator"
in Wikipedia in the
sense of someone responsible for its content, nor should there be.
Nupedia has those (and should); Wikipedia just has us, and we are
just as responsible for its content as anyone else. It does have a
few folks to set policy, but even they have been very respectful of
the community process of content creation and not tried to subvert it
by establishing "control" or "ownership".
Let me say that I agree with this 100%. The only thing that holds
wikipedia "on course" is "rough consensus and running code".
By my decree, Larry and I have a special position only with respect
to legal issues (i.e. I won't let anyone use Wikipedia as a forum
for trying to "napsterize" content -- not because of my own opinions
about copyright, but because it's not consistent with our central
mission) and that's it.
We'd also be ultimately responsible for making a decision about what
to do if someone comes in who is aggressively abusive to the community
process.
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