"Thomas Dalton" wrote
We could maybe stagger elections to have two a year, but given how dreadful elections are, I think that's unlikely to be productive.
If it happens every year, that's all the more reason to do something about it, surely?
I think the current term length is too long. Things online move very fast - 3 years is an extremely long time. I think elections every 6 months, giving an 18 month term length, would work better. I know it's twice as many elections, but they're not really that time consuming - I think it's worth it.
You are assuming an entirely elected AC. This has never been the case. (Those who treat it as axiomatic that electing the AC is the only way will have to live with what they get.) There could perfectly well be appointments made in the second half of the year. Some kind of substitute system is probably the best compromise anyway.
Charles
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You are assuming an entirely elected AC. This has never been the case. (Those who treat it as axiomatic that electing the AC is the only way will have to live with what they get.) There could perfectly well be appointments made in the second half of the year. Some kind of substitute system is probably the best compromise anyway.
Who would appoint them? Jimbo has been steadily reducing his direct involvement with the English Wikipedia, I can't see him wanting to increase it again. The current ArbCom is fully elected - one member was elected, resigned, and reappointed, but he still selected by the community (in fact, Mackensen's term would have lasted an extra year had he not resigned - his reappointment was just an undoing of his resignation, and moving him to the empty spot).
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Who would appoint them? Jimbo has been steadily reducing his direct involvement with the English Wikipedia, I can't see him wanting to increase it again.
I have noticed no decrease in my direct involvement in English Wikipedia, by the way.
--Jimbo
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Who would appoint them? Jimbo has been steadily reducing his direct involvement with the English Wikipedia, I can't see him wanting to increase it again.
I have noticed no decrease in my direct involvement in English Wikipedia, by the way.
The irony of this statement is that this is only your second posting to the Wikien-l mailing list since August. :)
On 10/18/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Who would appoint them? Jimbo has been steadily reducing his direct involvement with the English Wikipedia, I can't see him wanting to increase it again.
I have noticed no decrease in my direct involvement in English Wikipedia, by the way.
The irony of this statement is that this is only your second posting to the Wikien-l mailing list since August. :)
Perhaps there is some bug in the WMF's servers which is causing us not to see certain people's activities. That'd explain both how Jimbo's direct involvement in English Wikipedia is steady and how Jayjg is not absent (which Jimbo claimed during one of those last posts in August).
Perhaps there is some bug in the WMF's servers which is causing us not to see certain people's activities. That'd explain both how Jimbo's direct involvement in English Wikipedia is steady and how Jayjg is not absent (which Jimbo claimed during one of those last posts in August).
I don't think Jimbo claimed he wasn't absent, he claimed he wasn't AWOL, which is different. Jayjg clearly wasn't on Wikipedia, but he hadn't disappeared without trace.
On 18/10/2007, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Who would appoint them? Jimbo has been steadily reducing his direct involvement with the English Wikipedia, I can't see him wanting to increase it again.
I have noticed no decrease in my direct involvement in English Wikipedia, by the way.
--Jimbo
Well, it's certainly decreased from, say, before ArbCom was created - that was the purpose of creating ArbCom, to transfer user conduct issues from you to them. Are you saying your involvement has now reached the level you're happy with?