[WikiEN-l] Wikiquette "committee" (Alex)

Fri Oct 3 20:35:48 UTC 2003

I like the track your on Alex, in helping Jimbo fit
his changing role to better fit the times.  I for one
would not like to see him (you Jim) as an individual
to be the target of a libel lawsuit for sanctioning a
ban on someone, under the premise of  'defamation of
character' - given that he has 'last word.'  On the
other hand, hes said in the past that hes better able
to defend the WP if its under him, rather than the
other way around.

Maybe you guys can talk about formeruser Isis as a
case precedent, if youre not doing so already, and
explain to us some of your thinking on the matter when
you're ready.

~S~

--- "Alex T." <alex756 at nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> I for one would not go to a mediation panel if they
> were going
> to recommend banning to anyone. What kind of
> mediation would
> that be? Mediation should be independent of Jimbo
> (except maybe
> Jimbo can be the filter for now to decide who might
> make a good
> mediator). Also the accused user should be able to
> pick between
> a few mediators, so they pick someone comfortable.
> Also at the
> mediation stage having an advocate for one's
> position may not
> be necessary, but appointing someone to represent
> the community's
> gripe about the accused user would make the
> mediation manageable
> so that the accused is not facing a whole bunch of
> accusers,
> but one who takes all the complaints against that
> user and presents
> them to the user for hiers feedback. 

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