I think its funny that the page was protected, and unprotected, and if you look in the rights log admins are granting and then ungranting rights...
It doesn't look like a strict review is being done, there are no guidelines as to what appropriate history should look like, what to tell people who are denied (can they ask again? how long do they wait?), how long someone should be up for review (I've seen a day, an hour, 24 hours, a "few hours" etc.).
More amusing is that every time someone suggests a new rule or requirement, everyone agrees! But only until someone else suggests something different, and then everyone agrees to that to. Just because it isn't a big deal doesn't mean you shouldn't at least attempt to be organized or clear about how it will work.
I agree that technically the devs didn't approve or disapprove any procedures or points of view of this feature - it was simply enabled, and we're free to build around it. What the discussion should have focused on more closely was what happens when it is enabled. Since that didn't happen, its a free for all. And as was pointed out, its a sinkhole for admin attention (especially since apparently granting rights requires seconding and thirding, which is ironic).
Nathan
On Jan 10, 2008 2:07 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I am now being called a troll because I didn't make the request with {{done}}, which is apparently what I "need to do" so that a bot can archive the requests. Which is necessary for some unspecified reason. (Yes, I've asked "why?") So now we are going to have an archive and very precise rules as how to grant rollback (down to the last tick). It is already being said that we should not grant it through "backchannels" like e-mail. Unless people say "NO", we are soon going to have another RfA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_rollback#Archive
Where were you called a troll then?
I was wondering that... All I see is some discussion about technicalities, there is no need to take it so personally...
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