I deleted that nonsense yesterday. If it returns, it should be immediatley deleted
again.
RickK
daniwo59(a)aol.com wrote:
I have just blocked Yammy Yamathorne for 9999 hours. I did not go through Quickpolls. I
have no regrets.
This user created a page, [[The Lyceum]], based on the [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] page, in which
he claimed that the "super smart kids" in his school are planning to bring down
Wikipedia. The page itself was an act of vandalism, and I have deleted it (without going
through Speedy Deletions).
This is an increasing problem here on Wikipedia. As we grow, we are no longer able to
monitor the Recent Changes adequately. If I recall correctly, Horace had been vandalized
for two weeks recently before someone noticed.
I am proposing the following radical solutions:
1. Empower sysops to make on-the-spot decisions and act accordingly. If most people
don't trust them to act wisely, they should not be sysops.
2. Reinvigorate Seth Ilys's New Pages Patrol and expand it to include Recent Changes
in general. Lots of crap is getting through, as well as considerable the duplication of
articles.
3. Stiffen penalties. If a group of people (like a school) are planning to damage
Wikipedia, it will last longer than 24 hours.
4. Act quickly and decisively with POV pushers. I recently received an email from a
colleague at work, that was forwarded to her. Someone posted to a professional mailing
list, asking them to join Wikipedia en masse to ensure that certain articles maintain
their point of view. Their POV is often close to my own, however, I am disturbed that a
group can potentially band together to push a particular POV, regardless of what it is. At
one point, such a group will succeed. (I have forwarded the email to Jimbo, but will say
no more about it to protect the confidence of my colleague).
5. Put together a SMALL group of trusted users to consider ways to redefine Wikipedia,
considering the remarkable growth spurt we are experiencing. This can be a blessing, but
it can also lead to our complete collapse. I propose that Jimbo select the users and
oversee the process, since he is the one person who is trusted by everyone and whose
authority is (more or less) unchallenged.
Danny
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