On Jan 3, 2008 10:13 PM, doc <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Old hands will remember the perennial proposal to
grant non-admins
rollback facilities. We polled on this for 6 months in 2006, 500 people
voiced an opinion and we got no consensus.
Well, it's back
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non_administrator_rollback
Another day, another poll. But what worries me here is that the
advocates have opened a poll for 6 days in the holidays and intend that
should determine the mind of the community. It ends on Sunday, and they
are already declaring vicrory with only 49 supports.
Polls are evil, but, whatever you think of the proposal, this one feels
a little like an attempt to pull a fast one.
Doc
I agree with you fully, Doc. Indeed, six days is never sufficient. How long
did we run the WP:ATT poll? Several weeks, for sure - and it was advertised
on watchlist banners.
I have noticed that there is a trend happening here - modifications being
made to policies without putting them on CENT and having discussion...then
when someone finds the modifications and reverts it, being told, "no it's
been like this for a long time, so therefore it's consensus." There seems
to be a real push from some (but granted, not all) people to have their
preferred versions, whether policy or practice, approved without full
discussion.
Risker
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