> 2009/6/29 Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com>: >> Wikipedia as an outlet devolves control over information "to the >> people" - >> that is, people outside of hierarchical organizations where control and >> responsibility for information is assigned by some measure of merit. >> >> In 99.99% of cases this works out quite well; in the others, as we can >> see >> just from this thread, laudable goals (saving a life in imminent >> danger) >> would be discarded by those who see the world in absolutes and abhor >> compromise. It's a drawback we'll be grappling with for the entire >> lifespan >> of this project, I'm sure, and while we got it right in this case... In >> at >> least some instances, we can expect that views like those held by >> WJohnson >> and geni will prevail. > > I don't think it's necessarily that people abhor compromise, it's that > we have no way to privately discuss these things and nobody that can > really impose a decision without discussion. >
Actually, we do, the arbcom list, and possibly the functionaries list. A few decisions have been imposed without discussion, at least not a general discussion. This is even more so is Jimbo takes the lead. Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
