[Wikipedia-l] How would you deal with this problem?

[koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com]

Stephen Gilbert wrote:
>This isn't the same situation as, say, "working" on an
>article with Helga Jonat. Fred (Hi Fred! Are you tuned
>in to this thread?) is a good contributor to the
>project, and isn't out to push a specific agenda all
>through Wikipedia. On the other side of the coin,
>you're obviously not intending to dismiss Fred as
>unimportant, nor are you trying to insult his
>intelligence.

I agree with this.  :-)

>We're starting to see the growth of Wikipedia
>straining the sense of community. Take a look at the
>Wiki Life Cycle
>(http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WikiLifeCycle).
>It's a remarkably accurate guide to the rise and fall
>of wiki communities. We are entering stage 17:
>"Decline Of Civility -- there are more strangers than
>friends, and assum[ing] good faith fails as reputation
>is fleeting." As more and more Wikipedians contribute,
>we have to be careful; it's getting easier to get into
>heated arguments, and these fights will de-stabilize a
>project that bases itself on openness.

Thanks for the link.  I knew I couldn't have been the first person to think about the growth of online communities.

kq