On: Wikipedia deletes entry on PBWiki, the biggest hosted competitor with 550,000 wikis

[tptacek]

I'm not a member of the community. I am, however, telling you how the community works. Let me be as clear as I can, from experience: the community does not care what you think about it. It's a Greenland-sized snowball full of human frailties and weaknesses and effort, picking up every piece of information and drama it rolls over, and getting out in front of it to try to steer it is a great way to lose an otherwise enjoyable weekend.

[wehriam → tptacek]

I'm no stranger. (To the point that I disassociate!) I couldn't agree more on the futility of trying to bend Wikipedia to your will.

But I reject the "play along, or else, I don't care" methodology. Democracies are often wrong. We have to hold the community as a whole accountable.