On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:40 PM, T P wrote:
I noted elsewhere that, as a volunteeer effort, Wikipedia is primarily
written to satisfiy the needs of the writers.
and
Practically speaking, what matters is the opinions of
the people
working on
Wikipedia, because you sure as hell aren't going to "fix" Wikipedia
just
because outsiders think it's broken.
There's not much to say here. Both of these statements are, I think,
100% wrong. They are the polar opposite of how Wikipedia should work.
They represent the exact instinct that causes many of the problems
I've been describing here. I think it is vital that we do everything
we can to resist these attitudes on every conceivable level.
-Phil