On 11/01/11 5:18 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:56:48 +0000, Fae<f...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>> Efficiency has never been a part of Wikipedia's mission >> That's a slightly odd interpretation, >> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement> specifically >> includes effective dissemination of content. Though the word >> "effective" is quite different in meaning to "efficient", it would be >> hard to imagine operational processes or practices being judged as an >> effective use of donated funds if at the same time they blatantly >> failed to be efficient. >> >> I may be missing the point, perhaps someone can provide a practical >> counter-example? > Since it all started from my message, by "efficiency" I meant "efficient > creation of knowledge" which in my opinion can sometimes arise from > interaction between the editors (when this collaboration is constructive) > and sometimes may be deterred by the interaction when this interaction is > destructive. I do not see any indication to the fact that Wikilove always > enables constructive interaction (just today I came across a nice example > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jcb&oldid=59812254#A_barnstar_for_you.21 > - though I have no idea of the background of this message). I personally > will opt-out of Wikilove at the receiving side as soon as the option is > available. I am also not sure that the family-like model always enables > constructive interactions, since some users prefer to treat some others as > family members, and more others as aliens or enemies. > I can at least agree that I interpreted your use of the word "efficiency" in your sense of the efficient creation of knowledge" instead of Fae's efficient use of donated funds. Not that I want to go too deeply into the semantics, but "efficient" describes a process while "effective" describes a result.
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