[WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales should reconsider

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 4/21/07, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> James Farrar wrote:
> > On 21/04/07, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> George Herbert wrote:>
> >>> Any open source project, content or code or whatever, is subject to or
> >>> at risk of attacks.  This is a fact of life.
> >> Ah, so tough on the people who are being adversely affected, libeled
> and
> >> attacked? We tell them that it is a risk we (sorry, they?) have to run.
> >> A fact of life 9for them)?
> >
> > Well, we could give up, shut down the project, and all go and do
> something else.
> >
> And how does that argument help? We need to admit the real problem and
> then try to find some real solutions - but unfortunately some people
> would rather shoot the messenger or assume that any major change would
> mean the death of wikipedia.


With people who prefer deleting articles over actually handling the issues
they produce I often get the feeling they rather kill the project than look
for solutions.

Mgm