I'm an admin, and I wasn't given any say in the matter. I was told by mav, out of
the blue, that I MUST do what the policy says, or my inputs on the VfD page will be
deleted. Not the articles I put on the page, but my comments on the VfD page themselves.
I still have not seen any discussion as the WHY this policy was UNILATERALLY established.
RickK
Vicki Rosenzweig <vr(a)redbird.org> wrote:
At 09:35 AM 8/20/03 -0700, Nicholas Wright wrote:
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 05:07, Jimmy Wales wrote:
And finally, I certainly don't agree with the
notion of 'unwashed
masses' -- that attitude has no place within my outlook. The very
foundation of our wiki philosophy is that ordinary people can do
extraordinary things, so that there's no need for elaborate
hierarchies of control.
The hierarchy that appears to have fallen into place unplanned is not
elaborate at all. It has two levels: Admins - Others.
An admin made a unilateral policy change, and it's being essentially ignored
or defended by other admins on the grounds that they think the policy is a
good one.
It would be a hierarchy if people were arguing "He's an admin, and did this, so
we have to accept it" or even "you're not an admin, you don't get to
have an
opinion."
What's actually happening--as you state--is that people *agree with* what was
done, and are saying so. What are you suggesting instead? Must we not state
our positions because we're sysops?
One wonders what would have happened if *I* had made a
unilateral policy
change.
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