[WikiEN-l] Anons banned from creating articles

Tue Dec 6 14:44:53 UTC 2005

First of all, I don't think that Jimbo ever expected that Wikipedia would
become this popular and widespread.  The quote you use was made FOUR YEARS
ago.  A lot has changed in four years' time.

Now, I don't profess to know why we were the last to find out... that could
be for any number of reasons.  However, I think that this experiment is
going to yield interesting results, and for that reason I endorse it.  (Not
as if anything needs my endorsing since I'm just one editor among hundreds)

Let's see what happens and see what comes next.

--Martin Osterman

On 12/6/05, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/5/05, John Lee <johnleemk at gawab.com> wrote:
> >
> http://news.com.com/Growing+pains+for+Wikipedia/2100-1025_3-5981119.html?tag=cd.top
> >
> >
> > Why were Wikipedians the last to know about this? I only saw some
> > discussion on the mailing list about this, but nothing final. Why do we
> > have to learn of this from the media instead of straight from Jimbo?
> > This is really disturbing.
> >
> Not only disturbing, but disappointing.
>
> I guess the only silver lining is that it helps confirm yet another
> cynical prediction I and others have made in the past.
>
> Four years ago, Jimbo wrote "Wikipedia should remain permanently open
> to everyone who is attempting to make a legitimate contribution." [1]
>
> I guess by "permanently" he meant "for a few more years" and by "open"
> he meant "restricted".
>
> It's much easier to take away openness than it is to restore it.
>
> I dare Jimbo to reverse his decision.
>
> [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_How_to_Destroy_Wikipedia
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