I agree that Peter's post exaggerates the problem the English Wikipedia sometimes has with groupthink and an entrenched, self-perpetuating bureaucracy. The comparison is unfair to Liu Xiaobo's history and work.
Still, it's ironic that the first response to his somewhat inflammatory remarks was to moderate him (in other words, require the approval of an apparatchik before his words can be publicly seen.) I'm not Peter's biggest fan... but his recent participation on this list has been civil and thoughtful, and maybe a warning that Wikimedians are sensitive to unfavorable comparisons would have been sufficient. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
