charles matthews wrote:
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What that leaves is no clear "Deliberative Function". That seems to be the
missing constitutional jigsaw piece, for enWP. This list and various places
on the site itself are partial answers to the need to discuss policy and
other matters.
Charles
I think that's what those of us bitching about Jimbo's ostensible
abandonment of involvement in the wiki have in mind. There's nobody on
Wikipedia who can absolutely put his or her foot down on something and
say, "Stop it you f*ckfaces, that's just wrong". Some members of the
arbcom could theoretically do that, but at the risk of eroding what
authority and semblance of impartiality they have. IMO, a number of
major disputes related to the userbox wars, wheel warring, etc. could
probably have been resolved with less acrimony had Jimbo, Angela or
someone else with their level of authority stepped in. As things stand,
there's a lot of confusion and ill-will within the community, still
breeding and stagnating.
Hopefully this all part of the wiki process, and we'll manage just fine
without Jimbo. Still, I have my doubts about how much longer we can
continue to scale the old model.
John