[WikiEN-l] Blocking anon page creation was an experiment, wasn't it?

[Anthony]

On 8/25/06, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Steve Bennett wrote:
> > On 8/25/06, Stefan Sittler <kiaparowits at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Instead, it's an experiment of indefinite duration with analysis (of
> >> an unknown kind? where is this analysis described?) presumably being
> >> done by some person or persons, probably, and the results to be
> >> revealed at some later unspecified date.
> >
> > Think of it as a "trial" or a "change with unspecified duration",
> > rather than an "experiment", and the pain will go away.
>
> It doesn't, because "trial" is still just as misleading as "experiment"
> without some plan for evaluating the trial's results and "change with
> unspecified duration" is just a euphemism for "change with indefinite
> duration."
>
Or to quote Jimmy wales, "we should proceed experimentally to see if
this helps or not.  If not, we try something else.  Calvinball."