On 27/06/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
I persist with this issue because I am still concerned
about the stability
of a project I have come to respect, and to believe in, very strongly. And,
even more importantly, the community of persons who are devoting so much
thought, time, and creative energy to it. If it fails, it will not be the
result of something that happens from without, but, rather, something that
does not happen from within.
This is basic organizational stuff. I have seen well-intentioned, wonderful
projects fail in the past for the very reasons I am trying to present here.
Trust me when I say that quite a few of us think about this *all the
time* ... I've been here three and a half years and I'm still getting
my head around what this creature is and how it does and doesn't work.
One more volley: Like it or not - threatening to some
or not; what's needed
here is a strong leader.
The ultimate fate of the Wikipedia Project will a part of only one person's
legacy - not mine, and not yours.
Hmm. Jimbo has increasingly done things by the "occasional nudges of
influence" method, because day-to-day micromanagement just isn't
feasible.
Jimbo, ideas?
- d.