[WikiEN-l] ANI curiosity

[David Goodman]

People need a single main point of contact for problems; If we removed
AN/I, then the confused complaints would come to AN.  If we could keep
all the miscellaneous nuisance contained within AN/I, that would be
helpful, large as it might get.

The various specific boards for reporting problems, SPI in particular,
are more apt to confuse new people than guide them in the right
direction

On 7/23/09, Alex Sawczynec <glasscobra15 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably due in no small part to the fact that AN is the official
> "administrator's board," while ANI is the incidents board, the "i'm telling
> on you" board where any user can report any perceived threats. Just tends to
> lead to more outrageous, drama-inducing posts, I'd wager.
>
> - GlassCobra
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM, FT2 <ft2.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Some off-wiki response-seeking...
>>
>> A couple of comments at the administrator's noticeboard (AN) about the
>> quality of ANI discussion have led to a short post on-wiki asking for
>> perceptions:
>>
>> A user's suggested in passing in an AN discussion, that they feel there
>> can
>> be issues at ANI:
>>
>>
>>   - *"For whatever reason, discussions at WP:AN seem to be a little more
>>      calm and rational than ANI"*
>>      - *"ANI is a bit like throwing chum into a pool of sharks. It's just
>>      the mentality there"*
>>      - *"AN doesn't seem to attract as many drama seekers [as ANI]"*
>>
>>  Quick feedback: some truth to it? A lot? Not much?
>>
>>  A simple request for thoughts.
>>
>> Since ANI and VP tend to be followed by more experienced users and admins,
>> I'm posting it on the en mailing list to increase the exposure and odds of
>> feedback being given from non-admins.
>> Link to on-wiki
>> post<
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators'_noticeboard#ANI_curiosity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#ANI_curiosity>
>> >
>>
>> FT2
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