On Sunday 02 March 2008 20:17, Screamer wrote:
More to the point, the community has what we call advisory elections, and the founder does, for the most part, hold to them. It is not unusual for collaborative projects to have a project leader step in from time to time in the cooperate world, as has been my experience. This is not always A Bad Thing.
Sure, and corporate projects also don't describe themselves with adjectives like "community-run." Hierarchy is fine, as long as you're honest about it.
If Jimbo is going to call Wikipedia a "community project," then he should let it be just that. If he's going to be the ultimate dictator (benevolent and enlightened though he may be), he should be up front about it.