[WikiEN-l] Why are veterans so militant of late; The Future. (was Bus Uncle)

[David Gerard]

On 06/06/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:

> "They'd take" (?); "Interested in". Do you think the very people who would
> be most affected by the management and structure of this Project would be
> "interested in" such a subject?
> What do you think about the present management structure of the Wikipedia
> project?


It's an emergent adhocracy. It's something that grew rather than being
planned. That is, it's something to map rather than look up the plans
for. If I said I understood it I'd be saying I understood all there
was to getting large groups of people to do what I want them to, and I
don't.


- d.