[WikiEN-l] Oversight log

Wed Jun 21 16:12:33 UTC 2006

On 6/21/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/21/06, Selina . <wikipediareview at gmail.com> wrote:
> > None of these were appointed in any way by the community, they just seem
> to
> > have been privileges handed out to friends as individuals see fit...
>
> You could look at "friends" as being a nepotistic conspiracy by which
> cronies evilly band together to take control of what was supposed to
> be a public, open project. Or, you could look at it as people
> selecting only the Wikipedians they trust the most - as demonstrated
> by experience and time with the project - to give access to
> confidential information which could be used to hurt the project.

I'm pretty sure Selina didn't say anything about evil crony nepotistic
conspiracies, so maybe you should tone down your rhetoric.

History has shown us that when power is concentrated among the few without
any formal regulation the long-term result is pernicious.