Some comments: 1) People from the outside tend not to look at the insides of how Wikipedia works, such as actually reading the policy/guideline pages such as WP:OWN.
2) Sometimes, I get the feeling that the author is being slightly sarcastic in tone, though I do believe that Wikipedia is not a creative writing contest, and that NPOV and fiction-writing guidelines assure that we don't do that. 3) Assuming she is not sarcastic, she is absolutely right about the WP:OWN policy and how it most accurately describes how a wiki should function. That is, wikis give freedom for anybody to add, change, or even delete content as seen fit; on the same token, people should expect what they write, or portions thereof, to be added upon, changed upon, or even removed if they don't exactly fit. Moreover, it is amazing to see, through using a relatively easy interface like a wiki, that even a small group of people can come together and build, maintain, and hone encyclopedia articles into informative, accurate works of information. I remember many instances in my lifetime, such as collaborating on a mission statement for organizations or, even in a couple of instances, school districts, in which there are many unnecessary arguments or even fights over how such statements should be worded - complete with the fact that only one person is in charge of writing and that communication is closed, all of which are addressed in wiki environments. 4) Go WikiProject Video games!!!!!!!!! -MuZemike On 11/6/2010 6:28 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> On 05/11/2010 22:52, Carcharoth wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Fred Bauder<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/magazine/07FOB-medium-t.html >>> That has to be the first time I've seen WP:OWN analysed in a newspaper >>> article! >> >> When it says "no author is tempted to showboat", it is sadly mistaken, >> though. >> >> Charles > > A fleet of showboats... > > Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
