[WikiEN-l] Cliques considered anti-wiki?

Fri Nov 21 00:48:06 UTC 2003

-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Poor, Edmund W

>Maveric and Chris Mahan have both suggested formulas for blocking
>signed-in users from editing, if abandon cooperative editing and engage
>in excessive reversion.
>
>I agree in principle, and I trust someone like mav or Eloquence or
>Angelas or (oddly enough, even myself) to:[...]

-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Erik Moeller

>To get the ball rolling, I support the following people as mediators:
>- Ed Poor (obviously). I think he would do a great job in a team. He
does  
>have strong beliefs and participates in controversial articles, but he

>mostly comes across as benevolent and understanding.
>- Daniel Mayer (Mav). While he can be a bit brusque, he is incredibly  
>dedicated, pragmatic and gets things done. He would definitely be a  
>valuable team member.
>- Martin Harper (MyRedDice). I personally think he could do the job
alone  
>if given the authority, but he's a bit too bold in editing to have
*that*  
>much support. I do think he is very impartial and goal-oriented, and
even  
>if you disagree with some of the things he does, he should be involved
in  
>the mediation process.
>- Vicki Rosenzweig. She declined one of my requests for mediation
because  
>she thought she was too partial and the subject too complex, if I
remember  
>correctly. Being able to reflect on your own involvement is really
healthy  
>and important, and she could prevent the team from becoming too cocky
(no  
>pun intended).
>- The Cunctator - ha, ha, just kidding.

Just happened to read these two messages one after another and felt it
necessary to respond. I personally think the introduction of such
"super-sysops" would be unnecessarily anti-wiki in its intent. It also a
bit of a slap in the face to the dozens of users who've made thousands
of edits each without getting it an edit war or NPOV dispute, but go
rather unnoticed compared with the higher-profile policy-makers rather
article-writers.

Pete