[Wikipedia-l] Voting versus consensus

[Ray Saintonge]

Jay Bowks wrote:

>From: "Richard Grevers" <lists at dramatic.co.nz>
>
>>The point that a jigsaw puzzle is a closed, finite system, unlike 
>>Wikipedia which I see as an open, infinite system, or the point that a 
>>jigsaw is worked on, enjoys a brief moment of "perfection" and is then 
>>destroyed?
>>Those are the conceptual reasons I think the puzzle globe is bad - 
>>negative symbolism.
>>
See [[Georges Perec]]'s novel, "[[La Vie mode d'emploi]]

>I definitely agree. It would be
>better to change the concept
>into something alive, like a 
>"tree" with branches, and leaves,
>at least it would be something
>alive, except so many other
>logos already use this "knowledge
>tree" concept that it has been
>overworked. Like the puzzle
>concept, which is in use by
>Microsoft Office suite, it's old
>and moldy cheese and we need
>to find new cheese.
>
Lebanon uses a whole tree on its flag, and Canada uses a single leaf. 
 By your reasoning either of them could shut us down for a breach of 
their trademarks. :-)

Ec