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a time when Wikipedia was a meritocracy
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*It was, by his own admission, a "messy" way to make decisions. But it had one overwhelming advantage; allowing people to operate without having to explain themselves constantly turns out to be like the rule of agreement in [[improv]]. It enables rapid cognition." ([[Paul van Riper]]'s big victory in ''Blink'')
There was a time when Wikipedia was a [[meritocracy]], and I rose rapidly through the ranks then. I got Jimbo to create the Mediation and Arbitration committee's, so he wouldn't have to be the sheriff all the time. I became the first elected bureaucrat, and pioneered the system whereby admins could enforce rules without having to take everything before a committee.
But I didn't see the anti-elitism creeping up and choking the life out of the place. [[Larry Sanger]] was right.