On 6/15/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/14/07, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not proposing that we go down that path, but it's a very respectable position that deserves consideration.
There have been various suggestions in the past. (1) That only admins be allowed to edit policy pages, and we could extend that to BLP issues, which would include BLP AfDs; (2) same as (1) but using a minimum edit count rather than adminship; (3) that only users willing to identify themselves be allowed to be edit BLPs or decide on BLP deletions or policies. I do think it's time we started discussing these options seriously.
I do think it might help a bit. The number of editors who take part in policy discussions and process pages is relatively low in any case. In connection with another matter, I'm sending my scanned passport off to Wikimedia in a few days anyway, so it isn't as if we don't already require it for some functions.
Would it help? Well I don't know overall. But it would make accountability better.