> 2009/1/9 Marc Riddell <michaeldavi...@comcast.net>: > >> Erik, there are some truly terrific, bright and creative people within the >> greater Wikipedia Community. We really need to have a culture that makes >> room for them all. > on 1/10/09 6:59 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote: > > I note that I have asked you before if you've actually attempted to > work directly with the community on-wiki, and you demurred: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2009-January/097693.html > > You claim to be defending the community in the abstract, but don't > appear to want to put in the effort to actually work directly with the > people in said community. > > David, if you mean the endless, circular, defensive battles that go on in the Talk Pages of the English Wikipedia, no; I am not willing to put what time I have there. The objective in such warfare seems to be to win at any cost; not a discussion to resolve issues in a cause both sides of the argument supposedly believe in and want to improve. There needs to be a better mechanism for such discussions; or, at least, a culture more skilled in the process of arbitration and decision making.
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