Steve Bennett wrote:
On 12/17/06, A jokestress@gmail.com wrote:
- Impartial admin(s) assigned to each OFFICEd article at the moment it is
protected (preferably someone with no edits to the article prior to WP:OFFICE). Perhaps randomly chosen from an existing pool of volunteers and an a WP:COI clearance for the article in question. That person would be listed on the talk page as the coordinator and would check back in each day and respond to proposed changes.
Something along these lines would be good...just making sure that whenever there is an WP:OFFICE action, *someone* is taking responsibility for it, and in particular, managing the inevitable friction that arises. The office people (understandably) don't have time to manage the article, explain what's going on etc. But a trusted admin who could just watch the article for a week or so, liaise with the office and keep the article talk page up to date...?
Sure. I think we first need to recognize that an OFFICE action is an emergency action by a person who is faced with a crisis and must act immediately. Powers exercised in an emergency have a greater likelihood of being wrong than those which have been subject to consultation and reflection. The errors do not impugn the good faith of the person exercising the power.
Extraordinary powers require extraordinary safeguards against both their intentional or accidental abuse. 1. OFFICE actions should automatically expire after a week unless there has been separate positive efforts to extend for a further period of one week. 2. Key admins should be notified of the reasons for the action, and asked to initiate a cleanup. 3. Disciplinary sanctions for defying the action should not be the responsibility of the office.
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