[WikiEN-l] Re: How to bring back people who don't want to bother?

Wed Jan 11 16:41:14 UTC 2006

Sam Korn wrote:

>We should *encourage* the creation of forks, so long as they have a
>compatible licence.

I'm speaking of a particular reason for a fork. Are you saying you
think the current example, and the image of Wikipedia that's the
reason for it, is a *good* thing?

>Then we can merge them
>back in and hopefully restore our image within the specialist
>communities.

That's a good idea, but ...

>A little more assumption of good faith and preparedness
>to admit to being wrong on AfD would also help.

Go reread (or read) the evidence in the webcomics case. Note the
direct assumptions of bad faith on the part of subject experts saying
to AFD "actually, you're wrong on this one." They didn't start out
having no faith in AFD's good will.

Funnily enough, many people when confronted with utter blithering
stupidity will go so far as to say out loud "that's blithering
stupidity."

- d.