The essay was slashdotted; if the numbers are to be challenged, now would be a good time. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/09/05/1210241.shtml
On 9/5/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/09/06, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
I hope the text itself goes up there soon. Likewise, for anyone who has posted a great rant to mailing lists lately. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Essays is surprisingly sparse.
There's a lot of them on en:. [[Wikipedia:Process is Important]] is a notable one.
Thanks. Yes, around 250; that's a good example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_essays
I hope we can use the context of a serious discussion of WP's future to draw these discussions together into more than just a series of philosophical chats.
One useful thing about the elections is that it gets a few dozen people to think about and articulate their thoughts and fears about the projects, and encourages them to think three and ten years down the line -- something we as a community don't do often enough.
++SJ