[Foundation-l] Stalking Article

[Ray Saintonge]

Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> There is no Wikicouncil so it is a non-issue. When a wiki council is not
> willing or able to consider the issues as they present themselves, what good
> would it do ?
>
> It would also hardly be the only thing a wiki council would involve itself
> in. It is exactly when a Wiki council is seen to take on the issues that
> have been neglected in the past that it would build the authority it needs
> to function.
>   
Taking on neglected issues does not mean suicidally jumping into every 
problem that people have previously been unable or unwilling to tackle.  
Building authority does not equate to building a reputation of being 
authoritarian. 

Ec
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote
>> Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
>>     
>>> Would this be a issue for a Wikicouncil or a specialized working group?
>>>       
>> This would require a lot more experience in this kind of thing than is
>> available in a Wikicouncil.  Jumping into the middle of such a difficult
>> and contentious problem would do little to build the Wikicouncil
>> credibility.  In due course I could see it recommending rules to deal
>> with this, but we just aren't there yet.
>>
>> Ec
>>