[WikiEN-l] Is Wikipedia dying?

[Surreptitiousness]

Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Surreptitiousness
>   
>> Okay.  I'm unsure why the sofixit couldn't have applied to the
>> complainant fleshing out the Claude Chabrol entry in the first place.
>>     
>
> Because he's not a complainant. Because he's a commentator. Because
> it's just one example amongst millions. Because it's an example of a
> bigger problem, it's not the problem itself. Because fixing it doesn't
> really fix anything.
>   
I really don't get this at all.  If everyone took that approach, there 
would be no Wikipedia. This isn't about fixing everything, since you 
can't actually fix everything. See the laws of physics. This is about 
fixing something, and you can't fix something without actually fixing 
it.  Hence, sofixit. Great, it's one problem amongst millions.  But 
given there are millions of people, these problems are not 
insurmountable.  Describing the problems as insurmountable is actually 
another problem, and one that needs to be challenged. Sure, there are 
huge arguments against fixing it, but they are just arguments.  There's 
no real reason not to actually fix it rather than comment on it or 
complain about it, depending upon your point of view. Sorry, but maybe 
I'm too much of a doer today, but I really don't see why this is hard.  
Unless people are starting to believe the hype? Come on people, don't 
believe the hype. We're an encyclopedia project written by encyclopedia 
nerds that has huge flaws yet works regardless and that has become 
rather popular in spite of it all. If we start taking it all too 
seriously... delusions of grandeur? I'm still amazed at the responses I 
get from people when they moan about Wikipedia and I tell them to just 
edit it.  Because, obviously, as this thread is demonstrating, much to 
my dismay and lack of comprehension, apparently it isn't really that 
simple. Except, whisper it, it is.