Re: [WikiEN-l] Why I don't contribute to Wikipedia anymore

2011-02-09 Thread Ian Woollard
On 04/02/2011, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: It's a common story in the human species. First, we want to achieve a goal. Second, we discover that we are all different[2] and that we need some rules to organize our work. Third, we make the rules really complicated to fit every corner case.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why I don't contribute to Wikipedia anymore

2011-02-09 Thread Carl (CBM)
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/02/2011, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: It's a common story in the human species. First, we want to achieve a goal. Second, we discover that we are all different[2] and that we need some rules to organize our

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why I don't contribute to Wikipedia anymore

2011-02-09 Thread Durova
It's a common story in the human species. First, we want to achieve a goal. Second, we discover that we are all different[2] and that we need some rules to organize our work. Third, we make the rules really complicated to fit every corner case. Fourth, we completely forget the goal of

[WikiEN-l] Why I don't contribute to Wikipedia anymore

2011-02-04 Thread Fred Bauder
What we look like to a discouraged editor: http://ploum.net/post/222-why-i-don-t-contribute-to-wikipedia-anymore Note the blogs as reference issue. Fred ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why I don't contribute to Wikipedia anymore

2011-02-04 Thread Nathan
I especially liked this part: It's a common story in the human species. First, we want to achieve a goal. Second, we discover that we are all different[2] and that we need some rules to organize our work. Third, we make the rules really complicated to fit every corner case. Fourth, we completely