[WikiEN-l] Probation Committee

[Snowspinner]

Do we really need more committees and projects? Couldn't we get by  
with just a "mentorship" page? This sudden drive to factionalize,  
make committees, and make small and obscure rules pages  
([[Wikipedia:Ivies]] being the most flagrant recent example) is just  
ridiculous.

-Phil

On Nov 12, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Kelly Martin wrote:

> On 11/12/05, Carbonite <carbonite.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  It's now been clarified on the talk page that the committee is  
>> rather
>> informal right now. It was just very strange to see a committee  
>> suddenly
>> appear out of nowhere with a board already chosen and a claim  
>> that's they're
>> an auxiliary of the ArbCom (that text is now removed). I guess it was
>> discussed on IRC so it probably wasn't quite as sudden as it seemed.
>
> It was discussed on IRC, and I was present for some of the discussion.
>  My comment to them at the time was "The ArbCom would obviously be
> interested in such an activity" or something like that, but I said
> nothing to indicate that their existence or activities are sanctioned
> by ArbCom; there is no basis to the claim that they are an "auxiliary"
> of ArbCom.
>
> I understand that this was partially spurred by the negotiated terms
> by which the community bans of Jarlaxle Artimis and MARMOT were
> lifted; to that end these people appear to pursuing a useful goal and
> should be allowed to do so as long as they do so in a nonharmful way.
>
> Kelly
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