On 14 November 2012 12:58, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Charles Matthews > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The actual solutions are (1) to grow the community (and I mean >> growing it with responsible, well-trained editors). I personally have >> put time and effort into this in the past, as well as editing many >> hours a day. And (2) to make it easier for the community to do useful >> work. >> >> Now the WMF is well resourced, we should really be discussing these >> matters. The traditional spiralling blame game set off by "case >> studies" is not the best way, IMX. > > > > What do you suggest the WMF should or could do? In my experience, they are > wary of getting involved in anything that might imply they are exercising > control over content, as that could conceivably jeopardise their Section 230 > safe harbour protection, and leave them with liability for anonymous > people's edits. Let's get back down to earth. "Cumbersome" in the title of the thread implies we are dealing with people who are not the type to read instructions patiently, and follow them. These people may be "normal" by many standards. There is a big underlying debate here about "barriers to entry" for WP editing. We need the help of more editors on WP - but not just at any price. The content for me of Wikimania this year was that the WMF has funded various initiatives on "barriers". There is plenty more to do. Charles _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
