[WikiEN-l] Voting is evil (was CheckUser policy)

[Alphax]

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JAY JG wrote:
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> User RfCs are a mess - in theory they are a platform for addressing and
> solving community issues.  In practice, they are often venues for
> warring camps to air grievances, and for certain notorious individuals
> (who feel they don't get enough attention) to use as soapboxes for their
> own speechifying (i.e. yet another "outside view").  Obvious trolling is
> rarely addressed - the complainants outline their case, and a dozen or
> so regular editors vote in support.  The troll provides a lengthy
> response, and three or four troll buddies/generall trolls/people with
> grievances against the complainant line up and vote in support of him,
> or add another "outside view" that has little to do with the case at
> hand, and is mostly about their own issues with the complainants. 
> Nothing changes, and everyone goes away bitter.
> 
> The "toxicity" of AfD is nothing compared to what you find at RfC, and
> in the end it's often only a precursor to RfAR, just a perfunctory
> "tick-box" on the "attempted previous dispute resolution" form.
> 

Having tried to cross AfD with RFC, I can only agree with you. Someone
should take all the previous RFCs and publish an essay on Wikisource
entitled "A study on groupthink in online communities".

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