[Foundation-l] Priorities

[Ray Saintonge]

Bryan Tong Minh wrote:
> On 10/21/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>   
>>> Having tried editing anonymously for a few weeks myself, I
>>> can assure you our treatment of newcomers - even those that
>>> understand things from a technical perspective - leaves
>>> much to be desired.
>>>       
>> This has become one of our biggest problems.
>>     
> "Our" as in "The English Wikipedia's biggest problem" or the biggest
> problem for all our projects?
"Our" as in _all_ the projects. They are most evident in the English 
Wikipedia, but that may be a function of its size as much as anything.  
In a tiny project with a small number of editors a strong admin is 
easily respected and followed.  No immediate action is needed on these 
small projects.  The descent into disfunctionality that has been so 
obvious in the en-wikipedia is not a development that comes overnight, 
and it will not occur at the same rate on all projects.  Sometimes 
people use standardisation as an excuse for their behaviour, and a 
newbie who has no background on the particular standard being imposed is 
in a difficult position when he seeks to challenge what he sees as wrong.

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