[WikiEN-l] Wikiquette "committee"

Fri Oct 3 03:00:23 UTC 2003

A good idea.
Vancouverguy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex R." <alex756 at nyc.rr.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikiquette "committee"


> 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
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