[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Leadership (was NY Times article on gender gap in Wikipedia contributors} - repost

[Fred Bauder]

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>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 01/02/2011, David Goodman <dggenwp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The attractiveness of Wikipedia is not just that anyone can
>>>> contribute
>>>> content, but that anyone can help make policy.
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>>> You don't seem to live in the same world as other editors.
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> on 2/1/11 7:30 PM, Carcharoth at carcharothwp at googlemail.com wrote:
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>> Goodness, is that an incivil comment? :-)
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>> FWIW, I agree with nearly everything DGG wrote.
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>> Moving away from what makes Wikipedia different is a step that is
>> fraught with danger.
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> What is the specific difference we're speaking about here, Carcharoth?
> And,
> what is the danger you're talking about?
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> Marc

In the case of your proposals, imposition of arbitrary authority; loss of
volunteer and donor support; and lose of editorial independence.

Fred