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The admin corps does need some kind of reform - the place is hostile to newcomers, it doesn't use real-world expertise well (in academia we have secretaries to
by HarryHirsch 9y ago
The admin corps does need some kind of reform - the place is hostile to newcomers, it doesn't use real-world expertise well (in academia we have secretaries to keep the cranks away), competing interests and astroturfing are an ongoing problem, nevermind the internal politics. The Wikipedia Movement stuff that the donations pay for do not address any of these issues meaningfully. The dropping admin and editor count would support this thesis.
- brian-armstrong 9y agoWe agree there for sure. I don't know how they could combat those issues more effectively, but I wouldn't expect it to be free.
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- HarryHirsch 9y agoWikipedia feels very insular, somehow. It's difficult to explain why, but I think it's the strictly enforced anonymity and the insistence that real-world identity does not matter on the site. It all reminds too much of institutional politics in a second-rate undergraduate college. It's not clear how more money can reform the encrusted structures. More volunteers can't be the answer.