[WikiEN-l] Streamline the sysop recruiting process

[Anthere]

--- "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com> wrote:
> I think your worries are just as sensible as mine
> ;-)
> 
> I worry about making too much of a hierarchy. We
> already have...
> 
> An Elite:
> * Dictator-for-life: Jimbo Wales (controls URLs,
> bandwidth, machines; sets policy)
> * Developers: can delete or alter any page, any
> time, without a trace! same for blocking, promoting,
> renaming users)
> * Sysops: can delete pages or protect them from the
> lower classes; can block IP's.
> 
> A Lower-class:
> * Signed-in users - cannot be blocked, except by a
> developer
> * Anonymous (IP) users - can be blocked by any sysop
> 
> This looks to me like 5 levels of power. Some people
> don't like us having that many levels. Some people
> profess to trust those in the top 2 levels (the Gang
> of Five); some make no such profession of trust. 
> 
> Although I worry about the long-term future of
> Wikipedia, so far it has weathered all storms. (Ah,
> that's easy for you to say, "Uncle Ed", sitting in
> your ivory tower... Yeah, you have a point...)
> 
> Ed Poor

Mav proposition : a 6 level of power, depending on
each wikipedia decision

An Elite:
> * Dictator-for-life: Jimbo Wales (controls URLs,
> bandwidth, machines; sets policy)
> * Developers: can delete or alter any page, any
> time, without a trace! same for blocking, promoting,
> renaming users)
> * Upper sysops: can delete pages or protect them
from the lower classes; can see everyone IP's, block
IP's of anyone.

La bourgeoisie
> * Lowers sysops: can delete pages or protect them
from the lower classes; can block IP's of anonymous
only. Don't see users IP.
 
> A Lower-class:
> * Signed-in users - cannot be blocked, except by a
> developer
> * Anonymous (IP) users - can be blocked by any sysop


Toby proposition

An Elite:
> * Dictator-for-life: Jimbo Wales (controls URLs,
> bandwidth, machines; sets policy)
> * Developers: can delete or alter any page, any
> time, without a trace! same for blocking, promoting,
> renaming users)
> * Sysops: can delete pages or protect them from the
lower classes; can see everyone IP's, block IP's of
anyone.
 
> A Lower-class:
> * Signed-in users and anonymous - can see everyone
IP's. Can be blocked by any sysop.
 
Very lower class, lower class or lower sysop
(depending on the place and my mood)

Here, lower class

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