[WikiEN-l] William M. Connoley, admin? (was: Running the asylum)

Thu Jul 14 18:24:02 UTC 2005

Michael Turley wrote

>> I would request a Bureaucrat who was not so closely involved (i.e. one
>> who did not edit war and deface other comments in this discussion) make
>> the decision on this particular RFA.

>I could not agree more strongly.

The vote 70-30 for WMC shows he has many friends but has acquired enemies 
(together with those who either take the ArbCom ruling to be a blot, or who 
are chary of those who get foul of controversy on general grounds).

Now it ramifies into distrust for a bureaucrat.  Bureaucrats are elected 
precisely on the grounds that they _are_ trusted.  So, it seems some people 
would want to qualify that.

Forgive me, but this is polarizing, splitting stuff - and just what Wiki-en 
should rise above, on a politically-charged issue.

There are a few possible resolutions of the RFA issue here.  I do feel 
strongly that it is important to speak out against the 'legalistic' 
attitude.  Wiki works mainly because the barrackroom lawyers are seen for 
what they are, and the community wills the constitution to be applied with 
as much regard for the assumption of good faith, for example, as for 
anything else.

Charles