Abe Sokolov wrote:
Nevetheless, I am among the 100 most active users in this site's
history;
and although I am not a member of your cabal, I have just as much right
to
post something on this site giving you the perspective of the general editors as you people do. And if you don't like it, I'll just do it more frequently.
Good for you, and though you may not realize it, you're as much a part of the cabal as those who have disagreed with you on this matter.
Is there any way I can become a part of the cabal? Is there a sign-up form or something? Apparently I'm already part of a worldwide domination conspiracy/cabal, but it doesn't feel like enough.
As for me, I think that your core point is in danger of being overlooked here.
My position is that your technical proposal is mistaken for the reasons cited by others -- our real problems aren't so much from driveby vandals who would be discouraged by a registration system, but rather from dedicated trolls and POV pushers who we have not dealt with as quickly and effectively as we should.
I'm still disturbed with the recent case of a dedicated and extremely abusive troll/POV pusher who created a dozen sockpuppets and edited using them with near impunity on Wikipedia for months. His ArbCom case is still slowly dragging its way through the process, not even a temporary injunction yet.
Jay.