[WikiEN-l] Turn off AfD

Fri Dec 9 17:28:55 UTC 2005

On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:48 PM, Keith Old wrote:

>
> We need to give serious thoughts to how processes intermerge before  
> we look
> at making such a significant change to our processes.

No. We really don't. Because serious thought on Wikipedia has always  
amounted to navel-gazing, and perhaps some fiddling while Rome  
smolders. We need for the problem to become a real one. Then we can  
figure out what it is, and actually create a solution. A hypothetical  
solution to a theorized result of an experiment we're only discussing  
conducting is sufficiently removed from any  notion of reality as to  
be a vapid philosophical exercise.

Turn off AfD. See what happens. if it's a disaster, we turn it back  
on and say "Well, shit, that was interesting." If it's not a  
disaster... we say "Well, neat, that was interesting." Really,  
there's only about three letters difference in the reactions.

-Phil