On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:50 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2 February 2011 04:02, Marc Riddell <michaeldavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> George, it may be "how it works", but it also misleading - or worse. To >> state that any decision made in this manner is a "consensus of the Wikipedia >> Community" is fundamentally dishonest. > > Marc, you're still looking for a driver. There's no-one driving.
Or everyone is. The key to avoid decision-making on Wikipedia being taken over by single-interest groups is to ensure wide-ranging and continued participation by a reasonable number of independent editors with new voices being added to the mix to avoid ossification stagnation. At various times, one or the other person will drive an initiative, and some will voice concerns about short-term and long-term issues, but overall, as long as the atmosphere doesn't drive people away, things will get done. If things aren't getting done, they should be identified and something done about them, but problems won't get solved if people walk away from them. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
