[WikiEN-l] The shift of Wikipedia

[Guettarda]

On 5/26/06, le Richard <lerichard at free.fr> wrote:
>
> As a recent contributor to Wikipedia, I'd like to give you some feedbacks.
> I edited a few pages, some of them about Mathematics or Science (my
> username is
> Lerichard). In a very short time most of my contributions disappeared,
> removed
> by users with privileges, or users that were very active on wikipedia.
> However
> I contributed a few pages about comics that stayed.
> Someone claimed we reached the death of Wikipedia. I think that's
> exagerated and
> provocative, but there could be a dangerous shift.
> My impression is that many popular articles are not made of the best
> contributions, rather they are made by people who are willing to spend a
> lot of
> time on wikipedia, and contribute a lot, editing and removing others
> contributions, knowing exactly what are the rules, making the rules and so
> on.
> It makes less room for the ones who are not willing to spend hours each
> day on
> wikipedia, but would be able to contribute a bit sometimes. But when I see
> my
> contributions being removed shortly after, I just do not want to
> contribute
> anymore, just use it.
> This is not bad per se, but it makes things indeed slightly less
> democratic, and
> creates a difference between those who are wikipedians, and casual users.
> Rather than restricting editing of pages, I would rather restrict the
> number of
> contributions that an individual can do. That would be much more
> democratic.
> Rich


Are you sure about the user name?  I can't find any contribs from a
[[User:Lerichard]] or [[User:Le_Richard]] or other variant.  Without knowing
what the actual edits are, it's difficult to come to figure out what's going
on.