From: fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au (David Gerard)
Jimmy Wales (jwales(a)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.