On 1/7/06, Rob Smith nobs03@gmail.com wrote:
*Jay Converse* said
a new editor come in and join a discussion with old editors can provide a fresh point of view..."
Since Wikipedia has an aversion to becoming "rule bound", of course personality is going to win out over process & policies; hence the "ideological cliques". And most users don't know beans about the ideology they've inherited, they just mime others who profess to have some understanding.
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Well, in that case, new editors can shift the clique balance of power, to keep on using that line of thought. Either way, I think the goal should be to attract new users to help shape the site rather than kicking people out.
-- I'm not stupid, just selectively ignorant.