[WikiEN-l] Jail

Wed May 5 17:20:39 UTC 2004

I think this is consistent with my concept of using QuickPolls to temp
ban users.  I'm uncomfortable with giving individual sysops the power
to do this sort of thing, because if we lack any sort of multi-person
review of a decision until the week or two it takes the committee to
act, we'll have a lot of trouble.

But if 80% and at least 8 users say to "arrest" someone, then by golly,
it sounds good to me.

Additionally, I don't think it's easy to project what the results of
quickpolls in such a system would be if we just base it on the quickpolls
we've done so far.  People's voting incentives change if the vote is for
a temp ban that will be reviewed by the arbitration committee.

--Jimbo

Christopher Mahan wrote:

> 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.
> 
>  
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