[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia’s Labor Squeeze and Its Consequences"

[Carcharoth]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's another outside view of the goings-on in Wikipedia, especially with
>> respect to the current trend toward backing away from the former pure
>> interpretation of the "anyone can edit" part of your slogan.
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1606233

Not sure he gets everything in that article right, but I do agree that
the long-term fate of Wikipedia may well be decided on the basis of
whether the balance can be struck right between reducing the
"maintenance" workload involved in keeping vandalism out and reviewing
contributions. Which is why it is important to continually question
whether expansion has to slow or stop at some point, and how to handle
the consolidation phase that will follow. Many people want to edit
Wikipedia to add things. How many people will want to edit when told
their help is needed more to improve what is already here?

Carcharoth