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

[Marc Riddell]

on 2/1/11 7:58 PM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud at fairpoint.net wrote:

>> 
>> 
>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> You don't seem to live in the same world as other editors.
>>> 
>> on 2/1/11 7:30 PM, Carcharoth at carcharothwp at googlemail.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Goodness, is that an incivil comment? :-)
>>> 
>>> FWIW, I agree with nearly everything DGG wrote.
>>> 
>>> Moving away from what makes Wikipedia different is a step that is
>>> fraught with danger.
>>> 
>> What is the specific difference we're speaking about here, Carcharoth?
>> And,
>> what is the danger you're talking about?
>> 
>> Marc
> 
> In the case of your proposals, imposition of arbitrary authority; loss of
> volunteer and donor support; and lose of editorial independence.
> 
Fred, please re-read what I said. The Council would be a body elected by the
Community. How is that arbitrary? Why would their be loss of volunteer and
donor support? And, I specifically said that the Council would have nothing
to do with day-to-day editing or behavioral disputes. Where is the loss of
independence?

Marc