[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

[James Forrester]

On 28/02/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/28/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > on 2/28/07 8:39 AM, John Lee at johnleemk at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Well, kind of the idea of creating a new class of users involved with
> > > the English WP was to create a new "top" so we wouldn't need to
> > > rely on the mandate coming from Jimbo who, I think, is a bit isolated
> > > from the things that go on in WP on a daily basis.
> >
> > I just don't see how a group can lead - without a group leader.
>
> Well, a small committee would surely be more effective than total anarchy -
> which is sort of what we have now. Criticisms of group leadership would be
> applicable if we asked the admins to lead - that's simply ridiculous - but a
> small committee, perhaps akin to the arbcom, would be better, IMO. Every CEO
> needs a COO, CTO, etc. after all.

I look forward to you convincing the community to accept a Privy
Council, then. :-)

Yours,
-- 
James D. Forrester
jdforrester at wikimedia.org | james at jdforrester.org | jdforrester at gmail.com
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