[WikiEN-l] Jail

Wed May 5 15:40:00 UTC 2004

This is good, for a laugh anyway. How about suspending editing for all
participants in arbitration (except on the arbitration and evidence pages)
until the case is decided?

Fred

> From: Christopher Mahan <chris_mahan at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 08:03:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Jail
> 
> In the Western movies the good sheriff would go after the bad guy and
> bring him in, throw him into the jail house, and then the court would
> set up a trial.
> 
> Of course, if the guy resisted the sheriff's arrest attempts, the
> sheriff would get rough, puching and kicking and throwing a bar stool
> or two around. And if the guy resisted the sheriff with a pistol, the
> sheriff wouls simply take out his own in faster-than-light speed
> (don't you love the magic of movies?) and put blow him away.
> 
> What's my point? 
> 
> We don't have enforcers. We just let the
> robber/vandal/please-mommy-help-me-i-m-innocent-crybaby run amok
> while we try to get a jury pool together.
> 
> I say throw him/her in wikiJail: No edit rights, a gag order (no
> mailing lists), and access to ONE court appointed
> wikilawyer/mediator, via email only.
> 
> Then, a court date, a judge, jury, and decision within 24 hours.
> 
> If the jailed person decides to try to escape the constrains of
> confinement, then he/she will receive an immediate and automatic X
> year(s) ban. X determined by the judge.
> 
> Wikipidia editing is a Privilege, not a Right.
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Christopher Mahan
> chris_mahan at yahoo.com
> 818.943.1850 cell
> http://www.christophermahan.com/
> 
> 
> 
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