Amory Meltzer wrote: > These users are for more likely to be involved in perhaps the more > Wikipedia-esque aspects (AfD, NFC, all the other Three-Letter > Acronyms) and are probably yes, inherently more likely to be more > comfortable online. Compare that to 70 students who spend their > comparable time downloading "Single Ladies," movies, and porn, and the > results almost laid out for you. > It's somewhat presumptuous to insinuate that those 70 were so dominated by those who use the Internet as their way of getting laid.
> Moreover, the result was that Wikipedians scored low on "scored low on > agreeableness and openness." Well... those aren't exactly the traits > Wikipedia needs or wants. Useful, yes, but not necessary. Quite the contrary > Wikipedia, > operates on consensus, not unanimous voting. I may still hate your > idea, but it's going to happen if there's consensus for it, > agreeableness or not. It DOES seem to indicate that Wikipedians have > at least normal conscientiousness and neuroticism, which would > certainly lend well to working on an encyclopedia. > Some people do believe in the myth that it operates by consensus. One mustn't confuse bully tactics with consensus. Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l