On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 13:25, lcrocker@nupedia.com wrote: <snip>
In the early days of Wikipedia before we had specific processes and guidelines, it was right and good that we were a free-for-all; we were in the process of discovering what works and what doesn't. But we're in a new phase now. We have a process, and we know it can work, and we know what doesn't work. We should take advantage of that knowledge and /enforce/ the process we know works.
I don't really buy the "we need less freedom because we're wiser" argument. At least that what this argument seems to be saying.
I'm also really not convinced that "we have a process, and we know it can work, and we know what doesn't work". Rather, I'd say we're quite far from a stable process of developing articles. (e.g., right now there's a big mish-mash of very long subheaded entries on some subjects and collections of small entries on other subjects--a discrepancy that needs to be resolved.)
--tc