On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Charles Matthews < [email protected]> wrote:
> Apoc 2400 wrote: > > Isn't it time to be honest with ourselves and nominate "Wikipedia is not > a > > bureaucracy" for deletion? > > > "Bureaucracy" is a fairly helpful description of how Wikipedia actually > functions, as far as management style is concerned. Decisions are taken > according to practice that has been codified to some extent (in some > areas, to a large extent). If you want to get something done, knowing > where to go and how to apply is at least half the battle. But my reading > of WP:BURO would make the comment "A procedural error made in posting > anything, such as a proposal or nomination, is not grounds for > invalidating that post" central to its intention. I say we don't delete > that. > > Charles > > > Wikipedia has no "management style" because there are no managers. We should not be a bureaucracy in any sense of the word. That is the point of WP:BURO. It's not that "We are a bureaucracy, but if you cut some corners we'll look the other way." That's not what it says at all. It says "We are NOT a bureaucracy" and so "Knowing where to go" should be much, MUCH less than half the "battle" of contributing to Wikipedia. - causa sui _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
