[WikiEN-l] Re: Transition to WikiDemocracy

Wed Mar 10 10:04:02 UTC 2004

Sheldon Rampton wrote

> Ed Poor wrote:
>
> >Wikipedia has grown so large that it is no longer possible to rely on
> >so-called soft security.
>
> I agree. Here's my solution:
>
> (1) Require people to register, providing a verifiable email address
> that is not yahoo or hotmail, as a precondition for contributing.
> (Alternately, restrict the NUMBER of contributions that a
> non-registered individual can contribute within a 24-hour period.)

No, that's giving up the good fight.
>
> (2) Unambiguously authorize sysops to take immediate, unilateral
> action against egregious abusers (with clear definitions of
> "egregious abuse").

I think this probably comes, as WP climbs from 1000th website on Alexa to
500th.  Is it going to be based on case law and precedent?  On an
easily-formulated set of principles?  On a directive from above that sysops
try to enforce?  On giving discretion to a super-sysop group?  These anyway
seem to be the _burning_ WikiDemocracy issues.

<snip rest>

Charles