stevertigo wrote:
On 3/20/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 3/20/07 9:36 PM, stevertigo at stvrtg@gmail.com wrote:
I would ask Jimbo directly in private email, where this discussion belongs.
Doesn't a discussion that involves everyone belong where everyone can participate?
Noone has a "right" to edit Wikipedia. So I dont see how his decisions involve "everyone".
I'm hoping that I'm just misinterpreting your response and it's not as nitpicky as it seems like to me. How about substituting "everyone who edits Wikipedia" instead of an unqualified "everyone?" That's what I assumed was meant but perhaps it needs to be made explicit.
Since Jimbo's actions do affect everyone who edits Wikipedia, regardless of whether you call that editing capability a "right" or a "privilege" or whatever, I think it's quite reasonable for we the editors to be discussing just what actions Jimbo is capable of and what the implications of them may be. The fact that some trolls or other ne'er-do-wells may also be listening in is unfortunate but I don't see how to avoid it and I certainly don't see preventing it as something worth squelching the discussion over.