[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: Wikipedia FYI

Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki at gmail.com
Thu Apr 25 20:31:46 UTC 2013


David Richfield, 25/04/2013 21:57:
> That's a good point: the activity of proofreading is inherently less likely
> to cause controversy than the activity of building a neutral, comprehensive
> encyclopedia, so it's probably naturally likely to attract people who are
> less inclined to argue, and the topics are also likely to be easier to
> resolve. I never thought about it that way.

If you look carefully enough, every Wikimedia project has its own 
"fauna" and peculiarities just like Wikisource. (The case for Wikisource 
has been dissected multiple times in WMIT members mailing list and 
that's why we have a nice summary. ;-) )

Nemo



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