[WikiEN-l] Re: Lir and his clones

[The Cunctator]

On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 01:52, Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Daniel Mayer wrote:
> 
> >That said, I do want to say that any "dictatorial" type of system is 
> >inherently flawed and the results are only as good as the leadership and 
> >mediation skills of the current dictator (which can be anything between 
> >benevolent to malevolent). 
> >
> A malevolent dictator would never have had the altruistic followers that 
> Jimbo has had here.  In such circumstances the 'pedia would have had far 
> fewer articles over the same time.
> 
Never underestimate the appeal of malevolent dictators. Wikipedia would
still be popular under a malevolent dictator. He'd be deposed, though.

--tc