[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia moderators and moral authority (was Re: Repost: clear guidelines and the power to enforce)

Mon Nov 11 22:07:44 UTC 2002

The Cunctator wrote:

>Ed Poor wrote:

>>What it comes down to is a tough choice between two choices:
>>(1) We are building a free encyclopedia. Therefore, we use Wiki software.
>>(2) We are maintaining a Wiki community. If we make some good encyclopedia
>>articles, that's nice too.

>We have one choice:
>(1) We are building a free Wiki encyclopedia.

Hear, hear!

All 3 of the final words in the last sentence are vital.
I wouldn't have cared about Wikipedia without "encyclopedia",
I wouldn't have considered it without "free",
and I wouldn't have joined without "wiki".
Changing any of them would probably cause *me* to leave.

-- Toby