[Wikipedia-l] Decision-making process (was: What the front page of the wikipedia needs is a warning for children)

[Magnus Manske]

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

>Erik wrote:
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>>Wikipedia doesn't need any warning labels. What it does need is a decision  
>>making process.
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>I've been asking all week for one -- a decision-making process, that is.
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Well, the obvoius would be "proposal - discussion -  decision", with 
decision by voting.
Proposals are accepted until one week after the "call for proposals", 
discussion ends if the number of votes has reached a certain limit (say, 
10 or 20), or one week after all proposals have been submitted.

But, that would be too simple, and would prevent discussing every topic 
to a point where nothing will be done at all. It would also prevent The 
Honored Cunctator from stopping any development by being the first, 
last, and only unconvinced resistance fighter ;-)

So, disregard the proposal above as a dream from someone who prefers to 
get things done...

Magnus