User talk:Pmagrass
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Hello, Pmagrass, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 12:30, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Czars[edit]
Hi, thanks for the message. I have actually been on Wikipedia, in various language versions, for several years now. I lead a research team that studies how consensus is formed here. We noticed that one of the limitations of the [otherwise powerful] wiki model is that there are "Czars" who, by garrisoning certain topics which they treat as "theirs", hinder true cooperation and higher the barrier of entry for other experts. Unfortunately though, the quality of articles may only increase if the largest possible number of experts are allowed to contribute over time. So, Wikipedia does need Czars but not as topic owners but, rather, as custodians of the overall method. Best, Paolo--pmagrass (talk) 14:22, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- I guess you are calling me a Czars. If creating the Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems, the Portal:Systems science, over 200 new articles in the field of systems science, and more or less improving more then 2000 articles here, makes me a Czar, so be it.
- But if you simply wants to accuse me op WP:OWN just say so. This is a known phenomenon, and we have good procedures to deal with this. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 14:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- P.S. I have made a copy on my own userpage, were you can respond as well. If you want to continu any accusation, that is the place to start.