On 3/31/07, Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
This is not a good idea. Haven't we learned anything from locking down *anonymous* page creation, and from the constant, and people-pissing-off, mess that is Articles for Creation?
I agree. Volunteer effort is not transformable in that way. There is absolutely no proof WHATSOEVER that shutting down article creation will help our project at all. It's yet another manifestation of the belief that if you stop people doing what they want, they'll instead go off and do what YOU want.
This doesn't happen. If people can't do what they want, in a project MOSTLY CREATED BY OCCASIONAL CONTRIBUTORS, they'll simply leave.
The only people steerable in such a way are regular contributors. We do need to find ways to encourage those deeply committed to the project to waste less time dealing with crap that doesn't matter. Encourage, not force.
-Matt