[Foundation-l] Analysis of statistics

[Mark Williamson]

Sorry for double-posting but I felt that it was really important to
add something.

This is a great example of why it is important to keep younger editors
around. Promising intelligent young people who are comfortable with
and frequent users of Wikipedia now could be leading scientists,
artists, and politicians in 10 years and it is in our interests to
make sure that they feel at home with us.

It's a great long-term investment for us and it could pay off.

Mark

skype: node.ue



On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Mark Williamson<node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ray, I appreciate your honesty. I'll agree with you that I was not a
> very pleasant presence on the ML. Reading archives from, say, 2005
> makes me cringe. I'm glad that people were not as heavy-handed as they
> could (should?) have been in dealing with me at the time. I learned a
> great deal about people from this community although I think the bulk
> of the "growing up" I've done (so far!) had to be done In Real Life. I
> did definitely learn some lasting lessons though and I'm sure I
> wouldn't be who I am today without WM although I'm not so active
> anymore.
>
> Mark
>
> skype: node.ue
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ray Saintonge<saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>> Mark Williamson wrote:
>>> This is precisely one of the problems that is holding us back.
>>>
>>> Individual prejudices against younger individuals may have scared
>>> younger users away from the project.
>>>
>>> All in all, I feel that we should basically treat all users the same,
>>> regardless of age. If a 15 year old makes good contributions to an
>>> article on particle physics but they need a little fixing up, it
>>> should be treated the same way as if a 30 year old made the same
>>> contribution - fix it.
>>>
>>>
>> When I first encountered you you showed a great capacity to be a pain in
>> the ass.  You shared that ability with a few others who were already
>> well passed their teen years.  Your tenacity through all this has been
>> commendable, and your continuing presence has had a mellowing effect on
>> you.  At Wikimania-Frankfurt you were one of the two people that I most
>> regretted not having the chance to meet.
>>
>> Ec
>>
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