--- David Gerard <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
This sounds like the fallacy that volunteers can be
told to do something
other than what they're interested in. I cannot
imagine ever having the
patience to go stub-sorting, but those on WSS can.
They're doing useful work and they feel like they are.
Volunteers may not be "interested" in it, but it may
be useful to point out that not all volunteers are
considered equal. Some volunteers for example have
checkUser access (and indeed 'who checked who' should
be open knowledge, [redacting IPs of course]).
Other volunteers are Arbcom members who have been
elected (or appointed) to hold decisive authority over
other volunteers. IOTM, that if this small group was
the least bit creative, they could apply that decisive
power toward the completion of goal-oriented tasks.
Not all Arbcom "remedies" should be drastic; indeed
the Arbcom could be charged with being useful.
Stevertigo
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