[WikiEN-l] drama and incivility

[Fred Bauder]

Yes, we must embrace the dull business of maintaining an encyclopedia.

Fred

>-----Original Message-----
>From: William Pietri [mailto:william at scissor.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 07:07 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] drama and incivility
>
>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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