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I hate that I feel this is an 11th hour response. I guess I just don't understand how a 99% community sponsored website with little direct advertising income or
by SODaniel 15y ago
I hate that I feel this is an 11th hour response. I guess I just don't understand how a 99% community sponsored website with little direct advertising income or large sponsors would drag their feet on the issue.
I do understand the 'late to the party, hard to miss' factor, but the opposite could have spurred more action from other sites.
Hoping for a quicker response 'next time', but still damn good on you!
- neilk 15y agoWikipedia is not designed around quick action, but eventual consensus. There's even a short name for this idea: NODEADLINE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_deadline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_deadline It's somewhat impressive that they did manage to respond in an agile way, especially over the last week.
- tommorris 15y agoIn a company there is a boss, and s/he can decide what to do. In an online community, there's just people talking and chatting and politicking and all sorts of other stuff. We've been discussing this for weeks, and right up to the 24 hour deadline that the Foundation set, people were saying "we need more time!" Wikipedia's consensus process is slow, organic, bumpy and unpredictable. It's not like you can fire them or bribe them or threaten them with guns (which is basically what businesses and governments can do), you have to work with them as equals. In short: community management and consensus building is hard.