[Wikipedia-l] Fund-raising suggestion

Wed Apr 19 12:18:46 UTC 2006

On 4/18/06, Ian Tresman <it at knowledge.co.uk> wrote:
> At 20:49 18/04/2006, you wrote:
> >2006/4/18, Tomer Chachamu <the.r3m0t at gmail.com>:
> > > How can we prevent the advocate from knowing which side contained
> > the donor?
> > >
> > > Do we really want people to be able to pay to get an "express service"
> > > in the dispute resolution process?
> >
> >I don't think we do... At least I would not want anything that looks
> >like sponsor influence on content.
>
>
> I'm just saying that I would; and I guess that it doesn't matter if
> the advocate knows who the sponsor is, as it doesn't matter if an
> administrator or arbitrator knows who brings a regular case to their attention.

[Private chat with WikipeDian]
<R3m0t> hey, I heard you had a dispute - can you recommend an
advocate? I'm sick of this crackpot on [[Time Cube]]
<WikipeDian> well, Angela doesn't have any cases at the moment
([[WP:AVL]]) but you certainly shouldn't pick [[User:YAA]]
<WikipeDian> I heard that in the last ten cases, she only ruled in
favour of the sponsor four times!
<R3m0t> seriously? that's ridiculous

The advocate has a financial incentive to rule in favour of the
sponsor, even if the actual money is kept by Wikimedia.

> I just feel that my time can be better spend editing articles, rather
> than having spent 80% of my time arguing over them.

Maybe you can find some quieter articles. :)

Besides, does the advocate really get editorial control? That's very
unusual for us.

> And it can't hurt to try it out?

I think it could.