A wrote:
As we move into month 7 of the WP:OFFICE action on the
[[Pacific Western
University]] article, I'd like to raise this issue again.
My from-the-trenches suggestions:
1. Impartial admin(s) assigned to each OFFICEd article at the time it is
protected (preferably someone with no edits to the article prior to
WP:OFFICE and no strong POV about the topics it covers).
2. Perhaps they could be randomly chosen from an existing pool of volunteers
with good track records on controversial issues who could confirm no WP:COI
issues for the article in question, kind of like ArbCom.
3. That person would be listed on the talk page as the coordinator and would
check back in each day and respond to proposed changes.
I like to work on controversial topics, but the current setup makes any
attempts at resolution, especially by non-admins, an exercise in futility.
As one of the people who spent subjective ages trying to sort out the
Gregory Lauder Frost dustup, I'd second both the feeling and the
suggestions.
My working assumption was just that those in the OFFICE were very busy,
too busy to communicate status on the progress they were making. But it
was hard to tell the difference between that and being ignored because
they had bigger fish to fry. Spending a lot of time trying to understand
and pacify agitated partisans was painful but necessary. But I was
disheartened by the amount of time I had to spend tugging on the sleeves
of people who drew enough water to get the attention of the OFFICE.
Having some admin like that directly involved would certainly speed some
things up, and it would entirely prevent the will-sapping suspicion that
one's case has fallen behind a file cabinet somewhere.
William
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