[WikiEN-l] MONGO and the ArbCom

[David Gerard]

On 16/12/06, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:

> We're not privy to a lot of the discussion they have on their mailing
> list, but I have no doubts in my mind that they discussed this quite a
> bit.  Thus the extra motions, thus the extra time for deliberation.
> Even if the result did not come in a way I favored, I wouldn't be able
> to criticize them for lack of consideration, and I don't think that's fair.


I'm not on the AC but I am on the list (and am a listadmin), and I
don't think I'm giving anything away by confirming that the matter has
been discussed afresh at great length. Not everyone agrees by a long
shot, but this is a really hard one and there's no way everyone would
be happy with any result. But then, that's why being on the AC is hard
work.


> If anything, I hope the 5 new folks who'll come on board show the same care.


What tends to happen is a month or two of enthusiasm then burnout,
from dealing with wholesale quantities of the most corrosive
industrial-strength stupid to be found in wikidom. This is a tricky
one to try to work past ...


- d.