On 14 March 2011 10:50, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote:

> Stovepiping is already a problem. Breaking up the project in this way
> would make a science of it, creating a plethora of petty tyrannies in the
> style of Wiktionary and Wikipedia Commons but even less responsive.


Some WikiProjects already tend this way.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/lt/the_robbers_cave_experiment/

"The experiment, conducted in the bewildered aftermath of World War
II, was meant to investigate the causes - and possible remedies - of
intergroup conflict.  How would they spark an intergroup conflict to
investigate?  Well, the 22 boys were divided into two groups of 11
campers, and -

"- and that turned out to be quite sufficient."


- d.

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