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

[Fred Bauder]

>
> I've always found the problem with Wikipedia is that it has components
> which
> usually work remarkably well together (wiki, open editing, no-privileged
> editors, neutrality, verifiability, quality) but since it has never
> defined
> which of these is core and which is "the means to the end", on the
> occasions
> when there is a conflict between choosing one of the elements over
> another
> we are all at sea.
>
>
> Scott

Scott,

We are not "all at sea". The point is to make useful information
available to the public. If that goal is keep in mind it is possible to
resolve most issues by discussion. Focusing on the task at hand is the
key.

Fred