[WikiEN-l] oopsie-- mainstream journalists trust Wikipedia again

[John Lee]

On 10/7/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> on 10/7/07 12:22 PM, Christiano Moreschi at moreschiwikiman at hotmail.co.uk
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't know, Marc. Wikipedia is not a closed "community": it is such an
> open
> > one, with people entering and leaving all the time, that it is
> questionable
> > whether the editing "community" is really worthy of the name.
> >
> > Obviously, some editors are worth trying to retain, but losing people is
> > scarcely a problem for us. We can simply draft in a new population or
> two.
> >
> That is a sad state, Christiano. Perhaps that is why the reliability and
> consistency of the Project is so much in question in the larger world.


I don't know why you'd say that; if the WMF staff is continually rotating,
then yes, turnover is a major credibility issue. But we are not a paid staff
of editors; we are all volunteers. Turnover is to be expected.

Johnleemk