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Re: I love Wikipedia and KDE, but ..
by Martin Fitzpatrick on Saturday 05/Apr/2008, @04:08

My gut instinct is that it isn't, as long as fan gushing is kept in check. I think deleting is bad form: if there is something wrong with an article factually (or style) it should be fixed: deleting peoples work only creates resentment. Even people who know nothing about a subject can identify problems with it or help to rewrite but it's fans you need to maintain pages and remove vandalism.

Wikipedia could do with a "new editors" programme to bring in fresh talent. Of course, everyone can edit but the rules upon rules and groupthink can get in the way. Every organisation needs fresh ideas to keep it innovating.

...Back on topic. There's something neat about seeing a KDE office... but it did make me wonder, what have you been doing up to now? That it has grown to the size it has with volunteer only administration is impressive in itself.

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