2009/6/21 Cormac Lawler <[email protected]>: > I think what's interesting here is asking: how does Wikipedia harness the > energy of the public (for want of a better word) in a way that can be more > productive, useful (or at least less brain-sporkingly nonsensical) than a > newspaper open comment section does? What is it about this way of working - > this mode of production - that works well? And what is afforded by 'open > commenting' that the wiki model doesn't? (I don't we should overly idealise > the wiki model - I'm sure we've all sporked our brains out over on-wiki > affairs at some stage or another.)
I recall a presentation by Brion Vibber with a slide that said something like: * Let any idiot edit your website * Make sure the good idiots outnumber the bad idiots - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
