On 2/7/06, Sherool jamydlan@online.no wrote:
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:04:34 +0100, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/6/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
Pretty much the best kinds of project names are ones that are either expressly positive (i.e. their name assumes good faith, doesn't create an us/them dichotomy), or failing that are ironicly ugly (like "bureaucrat", "benevolent dictator", or "spelling nazi" or "mediation cabal").
Vandalism Cleaning Brigade? Grafitti Purging Workforce? Slaves for an Unvandalised Wikipedia? The Anti-vandalism Superheroes? Vandalism Posse?
I wonder if ironically ugly is good though. Isn't CVU already sort of ironically ugly? Maybe some people aren't getting the irony...
Whatever happened to just plain old "Recent Changes/RC patrol".
Not sure, but I think that the idea is that this is an offshoot designed to tackle more complicated problems, to think about long-term strategy for managing Wikipedia's growth with the regard to the good/bad edit issue. Or maybe it's just a bunch of excited RC patrollers. Not sure.
Whatever the case, I think the best idea would be to enfold the "vandalism-fighting" aspect within a broader strategy of encouraging good edits and discouraging bad ones.