The arbitration committee's solution has been to require the "super user" to slow down and explain themselves to others. Not particularly successful in the case of Wik however, as he still went over the edge, apparently.
Fred
From: Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com Reply-To: anthere9@yahoo.com, English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 03:01:34 +0200 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Not a lynch mob
Jim Cecropia wrote:
Well, "lynch mob" has a meaning in US culture beyond literally "stringing someone up" "extra-judicially." It refers to an atmosphere in which the question on the table which can be stated: "We're fed up this guy, podners, what're ya gonna do about it?" I see some of that here. I've had an unpleasant run-in in an issue in which 172 was a part, and I do think he is too aggressive and arbitrary; but I've also come to realize that he is one of the best contributors to Wikipedia. This shouldn't give him (or anyone) a "pass" to become a "super-user," but I think our efforts should focus on how we can get experienced contributors to follow certain basic rules without "banning," which is an insult, rather than a time-out. Maybe it's not possible, but I think the desire for collegiality should make us think.
I think you mention an important point here. What about a collection of civil duties that good contributors will have to take care of each time they have not followed certain basic rules ?
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