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

[Carcharoth]

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:50 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 February 2011 04:02, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> George, it may be "how it works", but it also misleading - or worse. To
>> state that any decision made in this manner is a "consensus of the Wikipedia
>> Community" is fundamentally dishonest.
>
> Marc, you're still looking for a driver. There's no-one driving.

Or everyone is.

The key to avoid decision-making on Wikipedia being taken over by
single-interest groups is to ensure wide-ranging and continued
participation by a reasonable number of independent editors with new
voices being added to the mix to avoid ossification stagnation. At
various times, one or the other person will drive an initiative, and
some will voice concerns about short-term and long-term issues, but
overall, as long as the atmosphere doesn't drive people away, things
will get done. If things aren't getting done, they should be
identified and something done about them, but problems won't get
solved if people walk away from them.

Carcharoth