On 3/1/06, Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney@gmail.com wrote:
That kind of corrosive supiciousness is the problem. For the most part our administrators, those who are involved in backchannel operations, are the best and the most trustworthy we have.
This is basically right, because the people who actually want to get stuff done don't want to go through the trouble of haggling with process fetishists and the 10% of people who oppose everything. Trying to convince everyone that a particular action is right is a waste of time. No matter what you do, there will always be someone who thinks you should have done the opposite. Back-channels are the only way to get input from only rational people, and cut out the trolls and so on.
Generaly I just ignore trolls and so on
If deleting copyvios with an OK from Jimbo "antagonized a lot of other editors' sensibilities", I can't be bothered to care. These people will be offended by anything. If someone has a rational reason to object, I'll be more inclined to say that we should talk it out.
Ryan
It is still polite to let people know what you are going to do in advance.
-- geni