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- Thank you for including Customers Rock! in your list, Jake. I am glad to see YOU agree with the premise of the URL. ;)
- Congrats on being asked to participate. Cool list. Patrick
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In the last two weeks, I’ve probably talked more about the how-tos and best practices of Wikipedia than all other discussions combined since Wikipedia’s launch. It’s good though - we need to be having the discussions to ensure our clients and the Wikipedia resou
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1 year ago
At times I'm surprised at how formal and well-enforced Wikipedia's community culture is. At other times, it seems very appropriate. Wikipedians serve a spectacularly valuable role, making Wikipedia one of the best resources and most popular sites on the web. I know the grand-poobah Wikipedians are trying to encourage the rest to be accepting of newbies, but it's very hard to influence the behavior of volunteers, especially when you may never actually see them face to face. This is the fatal flaw of a volunteer workforce. In my line of work we say, "You get what you pay for."