On 17/01/2006, at 12:15 PM, John C. Welch wrote:

> On 1/16/06 19:01, "Ed Pastore" <epastore@ascp...> wrote:
>
>> The secret of the wiki is that a vandal simply doesn't have as much
>> motivation as an editor. In the long run, there are going to be a lot
>> more editors spending a lot more time on the wiki than there are
>> vandals. And people who don't know much about a subject tend to defer
>> to those who know more. When several know more, they tend to
>> collaborate more than compete. Sounds hokey, but just look at the
>> results. If it didn't work, Wikipedia wouldn't be the great treasure
>> trove it has so rapidly become.
>
> They've been having problems with vandals of late.

Yes, so I hear:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2005/20051216h.jpg

--
Nigel Kersten [Senior Technical Officer]
College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Australia.
CRICOS Provider Code: 00098G


_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Macos-x-server mailing list      (Macos-x-server@list...)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macos-x-server/subscriber%40opensubscriber.com

This email sent to subscriber@open...