In 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

In 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.