[WikiEN-l] Just what *is* Jimbo's role anyway?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed Mar 21 16:56:01 UTC 2007


stevertigo wrote:

>On 3/20/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
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>>stevertigo wrote:
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>>>Again, I find this public discussion to be improper. You would have to ask him.
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>>Why would it be improper to ask how Wikipedia is run? It seems like a
>>pretty reasonable question.
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>Because the topic of Wikipedia's governance and processes of control
>are typical fodder for trolls, who are far more interested in hurting
>the project than helping it.
>
That's like saying that democracy is too precious to be put under the 
control of the general population.

Ec




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