[WikiEN-l] Quitting Wikipedia and wanted you to know why.

[Stephen Streater]

On 8 Oct 2006, at 19:27, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:06:40 +0100, Stephen Streater
> <sbstreater at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> At least some of this discussion has
>> been interesting, but I still think the
>> system is less broken than some
>> people make out.
>
> I agree.  Also, it is easier to fix from within than by taking
> pot-shots from the sidelines. Mind, I'm rather disquieted by what has
> happened to Tony Sidaway of late, and I'm not sure how I feel about
> the way the project can apparently no longer accommodate SPUI,
> although I suspect that may be just a fit of pique at losing a
> long-running and very heated argument.

I suppose it shows peer pressure works.

Unfortunately, it's also another step towards
blandness. If this project becomes boring,
interesting people won't contribute.

There is a general distrust of dynamism,
and this is a cultural flaw here which I am
happy to do my bit to neutralise.