Nathan wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Carcharoth > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Agreed. Though is it annoying when you see people working on things to >> address this, and then see critics, who inspired some people, carry on >> criticising the meta-processes, instead of supporting efforts made to >> improve those meta-processes. Cynicism on your part, maybe, but please >> don't infect people trying to change things. >> >> >> > There's change, and then there is the seeming of change. I don't think its > cynical to oppose processes that appear to be helpful, but may actually set > progress back. On the particular issue I assume you refer to, that Scott of > all people opposes it should be a major cause for reflection on the part of > those who support it. > > On the Library of Alexandria - the failure of a community to protect a > knowledge resource is something that seems to take a form appropriate to the > age. I don't think Wikipedia will find such a dramatic end, though; the > problems we face are ultimately common ones. We're organized as an unlimited > number of committees, and all the downfalls of governance by committee and > direct democracy are thus multiplied. Even the founders of the U.S., as > afraid as they were of the power of a monarch, understood the need for an > executive leadership. > > Nathan > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >
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