on 2/1/11 7:58 PM, Fred Bauder at [email protected] wrote: >> >> >>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Ian Woollard <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> On 01/02/2011, David Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> The attractiveness of Wikipedia is not just that anyone can >>>>> contribute >>>>> content, but that anyone can help make policy. >>>> >>>> You don't seem to live in the same world as other editors. >>> >> on 2/1/11 7:30 PM, Carcharoth at [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Goodness, is that an incivil comment? :-) >>> >>> FWIW, I agree with nearly everything DGG wrote. >>> >>> Moving away from what makes Wikipedia different is a step that is >>> fraught with danger. >>> >> What is the specific difference we're speaking about here, Carcharoth? >> And, >> what is the danger you're talking about? >> >> Marc > > In the case of your proposals, imposition of arbitrary authority; loss of > volunteer and donor support; and lose of editorial independence. > Fred, please re-read what I said. The Council would be a body elected by the Community. How is that arbitrary? Why would their be loss of volunteer and donor support? And, I specifically said that the Council would have nothing to do with day-to-day editing or behavioral disputes. Where is the loss of independence?
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