[WikiEN-l] Consensus on Banning

Fri Oct 3 06:37:36 UTC 2003

Jimmy Wales wrote:

>Geoff Burling wrote:
>
>>4. This process should not rely on Jimbo. That's for the simple
>>   reason eventually he won't be involved as closely with Wikipedia,
>>   & may be replaced by someone who is not as ``hands-off" or
>>   ``wise" or ``lazy" as Jimbo has been, & starts to push her/his
>>   own POV onto all of us.
>>
>
>Well, I'm not going anywhere.  I might die, of course, as might
>happen to any of us.  But I have no plans to that effect.  :-)
>
>So, although I agree that we should devise processes that rely less
>and less on me, it isn't because I'm not going to be as closely
>involved as I am now.  I'm here for the long haul, as far as I know.
>
It's a good idea, but for the wrong reasons.  The reliance sounds more 
like little kids whining to daddy when their brother hits therm.  It can 
be tedious. Sometimes those kids need to learn how to solve their own 
problems as part of growing up.

Ec