On 9/28/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 28/09/06, David Alexander Russell webmaster@davidarussell.co.uk wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Yeah, but when I do something, unless I am very very very careful, it ends up getting used as a stick to beat innocents to death with. :)
Couldn't you do what Danny does for WP:OFFICE actions, i.e. have a 'this is me just editing' account and a 'this is me as a policy-creating godking' account? And then anyone who tries to use your ordinary edits to beat innocents with can just be laughed at.
You haven't experienced the amazing feats of Jimbomancy some wikilawyers and obsessives will stretch to. "This edit is ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE because Jimbo suggested on a mailing list in 1989 that something like it would be a good idea."
That's when Jimbomancy is invoked in directly stating that "edits made by this account are to be regarded no differently than those made by any other editor." Also, if the account remained anonymous with regards to its owner...
Carl