It kind of weirds me out that this post has such a high karma score. It’s a fun read, and maybe it will help some Wikipedia admins get their house in order, but I don’t like “we good guys are being wronged by the bad outsider” content on LessWrong. No offense to Trace who is a great writer and clearly worked hard putting all this together.
but I don’t like “we good guys are being wronged by the bad outsider” content on LessWrong.
Gerard wasn’t an outsider, and has interacted with many of us for 3 decades now; and even if he had been, he’s certainly made himself a big part of the history of LessWrong by his work.
Yes, TracingWoodgrains is more like an outsider than Gerard. Gerard wrote 50x as much comments on LessWrong as TracingWoodgrains. Gerard also had an admin position on the LessWrong Wiki.
It kind of weirds me out that this post has such a high karma score. It’s a fun read, and maybe it will help some Wikipedia admins get their house in order, but I don’t like “we good guys are being wronged by the bad outsider” content on LessWrong. No offense to Trace who is a great writer and clearly worked hard putting all this together.
Gerard wasn’t an outsider, and has interacted with many of us for 3 decades now; and even if he had been, he’s certainly made himself a big part of the history of LessWrong by his work.
Yes, TracingWoodgrains is more like an outsider than Gerard. Gerard wrote 50x as much comments on LessWrong as TracingWoodgrains. Gerard also had an admin position on the LessWrong Wiki.