On 4/21/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
James Farrar wrote:
On 21/04/07, doc doc.wikipedia@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