[WikiEN-l] Wikiquette "committee"

Fri Oct 3 02:24:50 UTC 2003

From: "Angela" <sloog77 at yahoo.co.uk>

> Confidential mediation could be useful for resolving
> disputes.
> 
> This would only involve those directly involved in a
> dispute. The advantage of it being private is that
> comments you make can not be later used against you.

> This is a simplified version of what the American
> Arbitration Association (see www.adr.org) do. 
> 
> There should be one person to represent the complaints
> by other users.
> 
> Aim: more rational and reasoned process.
> 
> You just need 12-15 users to spend a few hours a week
> on this to make it work. Lawyers, social workers,
> psychologists or philosophy types especially could
> help. You could vote for certain people to be given
> each post. The process would take about a month. Jimbo
> could still overrule it.
> 
> This would calm things down and not be so time
> consuming. 

Thanks for that Angela. Very good summary.
Alex756