> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Marc Riddell > <michaeldavi...@comcast.net> wrote: >> I have been trying for over two years to bring this issue to the serious >> attention of the "powers that be" in the English Wikipedia. My messages are >> met either with a "there he goes again" attitude, or are not acknowledged at >> all. Where does one go from there if not the Foundation itself?
on 2/5/09 10:45 AM, Andrew Whitworth at wknight8...@gmail.com wrote: > > The foundation is not likely to be able to do anything, even if it is > willing (which I doubt). It makes some sense to treat them as the > authority figure of last resort, but that isn't reality. A sad state of affairs. > > If a project so large in size and scope as English Wikipedia is having > these problems with hostility and incivility, you're maybe seeing a > manifestation of problems in human nature itself. See [[w:Dubar's > Number]] for more information about large groups like this. If you > can't fix the problem from within English Wikipedia, then the problems > are likely to be unfixable. > Andrew, it is not the size of the group that is the issue, but how that group is managed. And there is a huge cultural difference between "control" and "management". It all rests with the skillful leadership of that group. It is my professional business to know such things. Marc _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
