Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
On 15 Nov 2007 at 21:31, Christiano Moreschi
<moreschiwikiman(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
The other issue is this - so much of this mailing
list is clogged
up by incredibly tedious and repetitive arguments over the same
bloody topic: attack sites. Could we perhaps declare a moratorium?
Create a separate mailing list? [...]
[...]As long as this silly idea refuses to die, neither can my fervent
opposition to it.
I regret that I feel the same way. I don't care much about a few links
here or there, but I believe the cultural change necessary for the
damnatio memoriae approach to attack sites strikes at the heart of
something key to Wikipedia's success.
If the discussion were its own topic-specific list, I'd be perfectly
happy with that, though. I understand most people are sick to death of
it; I am too, even though I care about the topic. However, ghettoizing
the discussion entirely would be a problem, as any solution to the issue
will require some sort of consensus, which by definition can't be
achieved if nobody knows the discussion is happening.
Perhaps we could call it a working group on the topic? That would imply
some responsibility to get somewhere and to report back occasionally.
But it would keep the snowdrifts of discussion out of the main
general-interest list.
William
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