From: fun@thingy.apana.org.au (David Gerard)
Jimmy Wales (jwales@wikia.com) [050613 10:38]:
Sean Barrett wrote:
I am very worried that we are seriously discussing the formation of a committee empowered to prohibit unpopular content from Wikipedia and
to
ban those that feel that it is important to record it.
I don't think that's what we are discussing.
jguk has already left Wikipedia over the present content-related AC case, feling he was being railroaded. I don't think that counts as a win for Wikipedia - we're talking about a good contributor, not some obnoxious nutter we're better without.
It's a larger version of exasperating one's opponents off the wiki, only this time using the AC as a hammer. So far I'm only seeing taking on content-related cases as setting up a disaster.
jguk was a good contributor when it came to cricket related articles; he was pretty obnoxious when it came to the use of BCE/CE. Also, his leaving is recent; many people who have been sanctioned by ArbCom, or even threatened with sanction, return after a few weeks. The way I see it, the good contributors who leave in exasperation are more often never involved with ArbCom, and are driven away by the people who eventually do get sanctioned by ArbCom.
Jay. Jay.