On 8/24/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"We have a history of being welcoming to
_everyone_, and to then
examine their track record, to assist them in improving their
contributions, or to remove them from the project."
And I was no longer sure of how you felt about anyone can edit, since
you did not clarify your position in the linked post.
"Anyone can edit" is a poor, reductionist and inaccurate slogan with
negative connotations. I don't think that the idea behind "good
authors are always welcome" can be expressed in a way that doesn't
have the problems that I have enumerated; as long as you're referring
to _people_, rather than their contributions, it will always come
across as condescending and judgmental. Our slogan should not be
engineered as a social filter; it won't work.
Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia that grows on you ;-)
Whatever we end up with should express our desire to build a great
knowledge resource on the basis of openness, love and respect.
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Peace & Love,
Erik