Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
So Jimbo wasted his money paying Larry to lead the
Wikipedia project its first
year? IMO, that is one of the main reasons why the
whole enterprise took off.
Larry did a hell of a lot of work publicizing
Wikipedia, recruiting
contributors, creating/shaping policy (such as NPOV)
and resolving disputes.
And what about paying also those hunting for copyvio ?
and typos ?
And those making international links (which may help
small wikis to take up)
and those making promotion ?
and those copying images from one wikipedia to another
?
Tracking basic vandalism ?
Banning user name ?
Drawing logos ?
Fixing international contests ?
Translating articles from en to a small wiki to help
it take off ?
All this NPOV, and not fun activity.
Or perhaps is it fun activity for some, and boring for
others ?
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