[WikiEN-l] To: Jimmy Wales - Admin-driven death of Wikipedia

Mon May 29 21:26:24 UTC 2006

Nick Boalch wrote:

> On Mon, 29 May 2006, Fred Bauder wrote:
 >
> > I see no problem with requiring them to be reaffirmed every 2 years or 
> > so. If they are unpleasant that is reason enough not to reaffirm them.
> 
> I do. One can do things without being unpleasant that nevertheless make 
> you unpopular. Look at the administrators who have been vilified 
> for attempting in all good faith to deal with the userbox problem.

Indeed. I have grave doubts that a confirmation system would be anything 
other than absolutely disasterous, at least in the short term, to the 
wikilove principle in favour of which it's apparently being proposed 
(let alone the actual practical functioning of the site).

Yours sincerely,
--
James D. Forrester
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