Read this a few days ago, and thought it was really good. Wanted to
say that, even if there isn't much more to add. I particularly liked
the last bit:
We're an educational institution in two senses: we write educational
material for the world in general, and we educate each other.
Carcharoth
On
On 17 October 2010 06:22, David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.com wrote:
We're an educational institution in two senses: we write educational
material forv the world in general, and we educate each other.
I strongly suggest you start a Wikimedia-related blog and crosspost
posts like this to it,
On 17 October 2010 06:22, David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.com wrote:
We're an educational institution in two senses: we write educational
material forv the world in general, and we educate each other.
I strongly suggest you start a Wikimedia-related blog and crosspost
posts like this to it,
On 15/10/2010 22:36, MuZemike wrote:
snip
That comes to my question regarding whether or not we are here to build
an online community or an online encyclopedia. Should we focus outwards
toward the reading/viewing audience, or should we focus inwards
towards the editors?
It was settled
On 15/10/2010 22:36, MuZemike wrote:
snip
That comes to my question regarding whether or not we are here to build
an online community or an online encyclopedia. Should we focus outwards
toward the reading/viewing audience, or should we focus inwards
towards the editors?
on 10/16/10
On 16/10/2010 15:23, Marc Riddell wrote:
On 15/10/2010 22:36, MuZemike wrote:
snip
That comes to my question regarding whether or not we are here to build
an online community or an online encyclopedia. Should we focus outwards
toward the reading/viewing audience, or should we focus
More than maintaining the articles,and more than maintaining the
group, the focus should be on maintain the continual and increasing
development of new editors and new articles--not just as content
creators, but as gnomes, and techies, and admins. The excitement of
working here has not just been
I get this feeling sometimes that some people are more interested in
building a community on Wikipedia rather than helping to construct an
encyclopedia. I tend to think that there is a notion which existed upon
Wikipedia's founding:
Always leave something undone. Whenever you write a page,
Focus on the task is the work involved. It is only with great difficulty
that a group can develop the skill necessary to deal successfully with
the dynamics inherent in group work and get something done.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Bion#Basic_assumptions and his
book Experiences in
