[WikiEN-l] the mediation committe is a failure

Sun Mar 21 01:25:12 UTC 2004

--- A [name omitted for privacy reasons] <wikilir at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The mediation committee has refused to mediate in any
> circumstance or issue for which I am a participant.
> What is the point of this committee, if it refuses to
> even attempt mediation with some of the supposedly
> more "mediationally-challenged" users? 

> I think everyone on the mediation committee should be
> asked to resign, so that we can get some users who
> actually want to mediate and facilitate discussion. It
> seems clear to me that these people only took the
> position because they saw it as a way of becoming
> "super-sysops" -- not because they really wanted to
> undertake the effort of mediation. 

Asked to resign? Who will take their place?

Not me, oh no siree, I can't be bothered. I work full time and have a
life. I usually just delete commments in the mailing list (except
Jimbo and this one, which was luckily at the top.) The precious free
time I spend on Wikipedia, I add stuff to articles. Am still trying
to figure out the inner workings of the Hyundai group...

Of course, the mediation committee should be able to ban users who
are not willing to enter into discussion. That goes without saying.
This way, if a user ignores the mediation committee, no more w for them.

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Christopher Mahan
chris_mahan at yahoo.com
818.943.1850 cell
http://www.christophermahan.com/

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