[Foundation-l] FW: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en] <warning: contains rant>

[Ray Saintonge]

Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> If a project so large in size and scope as English Wikipedia is having
> these problems with hostility and incivility, you're maybe seeing a
> manifestation of problems in human nature itself. See [[w:Dunbar's
> Number]] for more information about large groups like this. If you
> can't fix the problem from within English Wikipedia, then the problems
> are likely to be unfixable.
Can we use this idea to good advantage?

Some of us have indeed found our time best spent in smaller projects.  
Perhaps participation in a WikiProject in a subject of one's choosing 
should be a prerequisite to adminship.  That could give the person 
experience in co-operation.

Ec