On 27/06/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@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.