David Gerard wrote: > On 31 May 2010 13:42, Marc Riddell <michaeldavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> Yes. And thank you, Charles. Once again this points out the fact that, with >> the Foundation, we are dealing with a group of persons who don't have a clue >> how to deal with people who they see as being out of their universe-of-one. >> In fact, they appear to regard the Wikipedia Community as a necessary evil. >> > > > I urge you to go back and actually read the discussion, and you will > see that you are the only person to mention the Foundation and we're > actually talking about the Wikipedia community here. Then you will be > less likely to post responses that look like keyword-triggered > cut'n'paste. > > Actually, the Wikipedia community is in a sense a "necessary evil". Without it, WP would be just another underpowered, well-meaning website. With it, people who are not natural collaborators work together effectively, if not without friction.
But the reply I made was contra being painted into a corner (singular issue), and in favour of an analysis of the actual problem. I see [[Blind men and an elephant]] is an article. I won't go further in Marc's direction than saying that our discussions can seem sometimes like a post-mortem to that parable, with everyone saying, "you know, I still think I was right along". But the remedies - for a bigger picture - have the disadvantages of requiring a great deal of investment of time. I believe I have tried a number of those, without yet getting a complete view of the elephant. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
