On 8/27/07, Frank Bellowes fbellowes@gmail.com wrote:
Jimbo, the day that demands for accountability become "trolling" is the day Wikipedia ceases to be a project with some sort of social good in mind and becomes a private club. I don't think that's what most Wikipedians signed on to.
Please do not label legitimate questions "trolling" just because you seem to prefer private accommodation to public responsibility.
The Wikipedia structure is not set up with total transparency. We have always had a structure that understood that some issues require private review, due to sensitivity or personal information. Any organization in the real world has such issues and avenues for private review.
It's not trolling to ask "are you looking at this?" or state "I'm very concerned about this".
It is trolling, when told "we're looking at this" and "we're concerned, too", to reply "BUT YOU NEED TO DO IT IN PUBLIC!!!".
We don't need to do it in public.
We shouldn't want to do it in public. I don't want to be part of an organization which refuses to conduct legitimately sensitive business in private.
Accountability in some situations is "we trust Arbcom and Jimbo, who we find to be honorable trustworthy people and who we expect to do the right thing for Wikipedia, and explain to the degree possible afterwards".