[WikiEN-l] drama and incivility

[William Pietri]

Christiano Moreschi wrote:
> [...] Most people don't have anything to write any more, so they 
> start fighting instead. Seeing [[Africa]] as a redlink and writing "Africa 
> is a continent" is fun, but that doesn't happen anymore (and "Africa is a 
> big continent" is no longer an FA). So, people turn to drama as an 
> alternative, because conflict is fun as well. A shame, but in this respect 
> enwiki has become the victim of its own succcess. [...]

That's a very interesting point. It reminds me of some large-company 
offices I have visited.

My worry would be that this is a self-reinforcing process. That drama 
would drive out people with no taste for drama, increasing the fun gap 
between drama and serious work.

Is that inevitable? I hope not,  but all the solutions that pop to mind 
involve... more drama.

William


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