[WikiEN-l] The London Review of Books on Wikipedia

[David Gerard]

2009/6/21 Cormac Lawler <cormaggio at gmail.com>:

> I think what's interesting here is asking: how does Wikipedia harness the
> energy of the public (for want of a better word) in a way that can be more
> productive, useful (or at least less brain-sporkingly nonsensical) than a
> newspaper open comment section does? What is it about this way of working -
> this mode of production - that works well? And what is afforded by 'open
> commenting' that the wiki model doesn't? (I don't we should overly idealise
> the wiki model - I'm sure we've all sporked our brains out over on-wiki
> affairs at some stage or another.)


I recall a presentation by Brion Vibber with a slide that said something like:

* Let any idiot edit your website
* Make sure the good idiots outnumber the bad idiots


- d.