Comments on: Reminiscence http://blog.seanwhitton.com/2007/08/reminiscence.html The unexamined life is not worth living ~ Socrates Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean Whitton http://blog.seanwhitton.com/2007/08/reminiscence.html/comment-page-1#comment-452 Sean Whitton Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:23:00 +0000 http://newblog.seanwhitton.com/2007/08/reminiscence.html#comment-452 This is very interesting. Based on this, where do you think the intangible front of Wikipedia is that both us appear to be missing? This place where things happen? This is very interesting. Based on this, where do you think the intangible front of Wikipedia is that both us appear to be missing? This place where things happen?

]]> By: llywrch http://blog.seanwhitton.com/2007/08/reminiscence.html/comment-page-1#comment-450 llywrch Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:56:00 +0000 http://newblog.seanwhitton.com/2007/08/reminiscence.html#comment-450 Well, speaking as someone who works in en.Wikipedia at the coal face, I don't know how it works anymore either. The best description I've read was an email by John Lee to the wikiEN-l list sometime in the last few months (sorry, I can't find it at the moment) where he confesses that he's withdrawn to his own corner of Wikipedia & works quietly on his own articles there. Fewer people, less conflict, more fun.<br/><br/>The fun comes from those moments where I find something new I can share with someone, & they respond with equal excitement over the discovery -- not necessarily a fact, often its a new website. Or what they share with me. <br/><br/>Of course, there's many moments when it's not fun. Often those moments stretch on without an end in sight, & I wonder if Wikipedia will ever be fun again. One's hope & faith gets sorely tested.<br/><br/>Geoff Well, speaking as someone who works in en.Wikipedia at the coal face, I don’t know how it works anymore either. The best description I’ve read was an email by John Lee to the wikiEN-l list sometime in the last few months (sorry, I can’t find it at the moment) where he confesses that he’s withdrawn to his own corner of Wikipedia & works quietly on his own articles there. Fewer people, less conflict, more fun.

The fun comes from those moments where I find something new I can share with someone, & they respond with equal excitement over the discovery — not necessarily a fact, often its a new website. Or what they share with me.

Of course, there’s many moments when it’s not fun. Often those moments stretch on without an end in sight, & I wonder if Wikipedia will ever be fun again. One’s hope & faith gets sorely tested.

Geoff

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