On 10/12/07, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
On Oct 12, 2007, at 10:04 AM, fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
Anonymity, bans, and rules against conflicts of interest don't get along together. You can't choose all three.
You're on to something there. And we have chosen all three. My suggestion would be to abandon anonymity.
Conflicts of interest seem the more sensible ones to rule out. Our rules against POV pushing already go against the worst problems of conflicts of interest, making the CoI rule something that mostly forbids good editing.
But admins are the ones who enforce those rules against POV pushing, and they don't do so in anything remotely approaching a mechanical way.
Bans are also in conflict with anonymity. Just look at all the efforts taken to block anonymous proxies.