[WikiEN-l] A six-day roll-back poll?

Ned Scott ned at nedscott.com
Fri Jan 4 05:27:22 UTC 2008


I was always under the impression that making non-admin rollback was a  
bit pointless, since it's something that any user can do with a script.

--Ned Scott

On Jan 3, 2008, at 8:13 PM, doc wrote:

> Old hands will remember the perennial proposal to grant non-admins
> rollback facilities. We polled on this for 6 months in 2006, 500  
> people
> voiced an opinion and we got no consensus.
>
> Well, it's back
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non_administrator_rollback
>
> Another day, another poll. But what worries me here is that the
> advocates have opened a poll for 6 days in the holidays and intend  
> that
> should determine the mind of the community. It ends on Sunday, and  
> they
> are already declaring vicrory with only 49 supports.
>
> Polls are evil, but, whatever you think of the proposal, this one  
> feels
> a little like an attempt to pull a fast one.
>
> Doc
>
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