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So you basically want a group of admins with no experience in editing the article concerned to vote-stack any content disputes?
RFC generates plenty of interest, the problem is that it has no 'teeth' - - there is nothing to stop the party who 'loses' an RFC from ignoring its conclusions.
Cynical
Katefan0 wrote:
I have for a long time felt that it
would be wise to establish a cadre of admins that form an "NPOV brigade" who could be called upon to look at and weigh in on content disputes as a means of breaking a stalemate. It's definitely a need on Wikipedia that isn't being filled, as is evidenced by the amount of content RFArs getting filed lately. RFC rarely works, but only because it doesn't generate enough interest, IMO.
k
On 4/6/06, Steve Block steve.block@myrealbox.com wrote:
Katefan0 wrote:
I think this is similar to what happens sometimes at pedophilia-related articles. For the most part, we as Wikipedians are drawn to edit
articles
in which we have a personal interest or stake. Naturally, then, those
who
disagree with age of consent laws will be drawn to articles such as [[NAMBLA]]. Not only do most other Wikipedians not feel drawn there,
they
in fact would rather purposefully avoid them because they make them feel icky. (I can certainly attest to that personally.) But in that manner,
I
have found that sometimes the "consensus" on these types of articles
gets
skewed. And this makes issues raised on the talk page very difficult to resolve.
I noted a while back at the pump that the article branch of requests for comment wasn't serving it's purpose anymore, and that it should get moved to the pump as [[Village pump (article)]]. Sadly, and a little ironically, I got no discussion at the pump, and I'm starting to wonder if the community is so big it is beginning to fracture. There needs to be a high profile way of grabbing editor attention and getting a reflective consensus on issues. I'm starting to agree with the idea of a parliament or maybe an article arbitration commitee. Any thoughts?
Steve block
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