[Foundation-l] [Fwd: About Alexandria] -> to Usenet ?

[Dan Rosenthal]

I'm not sure Wikipedia is a good comparison. People LIKE the rambling,  
build-the-web, see-also-these-wikilinks nature of Wikipedia that  
encourages people to learn about more than just that one little nugget  
they are reading about. Many OTRS mails are to the effect of "I love  
wikipedia, I was looking for information on X but then I found out  
something I never knew about Y."

-Dan
On Mar 7, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Mathias Damour wrote:

> Dan Rosenthal a écrit :
>>
>> (...)
>> I never quite understand why people are complaining about the volume
>> of traffic on this list. You participated this thread, so you
>> obviously know what the general content of it is. Others could  
>> quickly
>> view from the thread's title what the general  topic of it is, and
>> after reading a post or two, whether it is one that they wish to  
>> spend
>> time reading. Nobody is forcing you to sit and read through every
>> thread, and certainly complaining about the list volume is not making
>> it any better.
>
> How can I know I don't miss interesting stuff if I don't check it  
> all ?
> When I read a wikipedia article, unecessary stuff has been removed  
> before, I know I should find just what I need on a subject, and  
> that's why I will go back on Wikipedia on another subjet next time.  
> As editors we care very much to readers by linking, giving the  
> possibility to have just an overview on a subject by reading the  
> introduction, etc. There is no such things on this mailing list. The  
> thread's titles may have no relation with the topic anymore, etc...
> "Nobody is forcing you to sit and read through every thread" sure,  
> just as nobody is forcing you to care about reader, but I think we  
> should (care, not forcing), just as we do on Wikipedia.
>
> Mathias
>
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