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On 26/12/06, James D. Forrester james@jdforrester.org wrote:
Seriously, I share your concerns about potential issues with workload being too much,
The most important thing is to avoid burnout. The typical pattern is 1-3 months' enthusiasm then a tapering-off.
Suggestion: set aside X hours a week for AC duties. Do those hours, but don't run too far *over* them either.
though I hope (perhaps in vain) that the community will take a more pro-active approach themselves as to management of such situations so as to obviate the need for the Committee; that /was/ sort-of the idea, after all. Maybe this year I will be pleasantly surprised.
It's getting there. A lot of the cases of editors who are (how to put this nicely) *obviously grossly incompatible* with Wikipedia now get blocked by community approbation - that is, no-one would want to unblock this person. Which, if you think about it, is actually a far stronger mark of disapproval than an ArbCom ban.
- d.