[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[K P]

On 6/24/07, The Mangoe <the.mangoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is another problem with using the projects as core organizing
> points.A lot of them are organized around interest in a particular
> controversial subject, and therefore present POV issues. I imagine
> that most Christianity project members are Christians, and that  most
> Anglican project members are Anglicans, and so forth. And then we get
> to the LDS project and the LGBT project and we would end up with, um,
> problems. (Not to mention REALLY sending Merkey of on a tear.)
>

The projects are organized around interest in a topic, not necessarily
a controversial topic--that's what projects are: groups of editors
interested in a topic, and ready and able to contribute to articles in
that topic area.

I think the biggest problems is what David mentions, that projects are
not necessarily aware of each other and each other's decisions.  Some
areas try to realize that with over-arching projects like Tree of Life
for organisms.  When an issue impacts all organisms, many members will
post on WP:ToL, rather than only on their respective projects.

I don't see any other way of getting any structure in Wikipedia, since
ultimately it is about volunteers, and you have to start with some
method that acknowledges the volunteer nature of the editors--this
means understanding they are editing articles they are interested in
for some reason.

KP