Charles Matthews wrote:
Shrug. Sanger is no Wozniak. He did great things
in the early days of
WP. Subsequently [...]
Anthony wrote:
Meanwhile, they (especially Sanger) alienated a
number of productive
individuals by just not being nice enough. They closed down the
mailing
list just as it was starting to become heavily used.
Note that Sanger's didn't magically become difficult to get along with
after he left Wikipedia. He annoyed people in 2001 just as he does
now. Wikis have a way of losing history, or at least making it hard to
find, but you can find hints of discontent at pages like:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_drop-outs
-- Tim Starling
Larry is doing a lot better controlling his nasty side on Citizendium
than he ever did on Wikipedia; there is a collegial atmosphere, more or
less. The problem is with the conception, not with his particular
behavior. He has not attracted the highly qualified academics he would
have to attract to make it a success. Third rate "experts" are not
significantly better editors than amateurs are. Serious academics are
knocking down big bucks and writing books, they don't piddle around on
obscure websites.
Fred Bauder