Re: [WikiEn-l] Alternative names for the Counter Vandalism Unit - WikiEN-l

7 Feb 2006

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  From: The Cunctator &lt;cunctator(a)gmail.com&gt;
 To: English Wikipedia &lt;wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org&gt;
 Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 13:36:50 -0500
 Subject: [WikiEN-l] Alternative names for the Counter Vandalism Unit
 On 2/7/06, Jay Converse &lt;supermo0(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
  On 2/7/06, Steve Bennett
&lt;stevage(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
 >
 > On 2/6/06, The Cunctator &lt;cunctator(a)gmail.com&gt; 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?  Okay in that they're simply descriptive.

  > Slaves for an Unvandalised Wikipedia? 
Good.

  > The Anti-vandalism Superheroes? 
 That's both us/them and not ironicly ugly.

  > Vandalism Posse? 
 Us/them.

 Other ideas--positive:

 The Fencepainting Project (Shades of Tom Sawyer, with other
 neighborhood-building connotations.)
 Welcome Mat Project (the vast amount of vandalism is
 newbie-ish--enfolding handling vandalism into the concept of welcoming
 new users makes sense to me. I.e. there are no strangers, just friends
 we haven't met (and indoctrinated).)

 Ironically positive:
 Care Bear Brigade (I know this was discussed and negged earlier, but
 it's hilarious.)

 Ugly:
 Users for Mindless Conformity.

Again, [[Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism]]. Simple. descriptive. Non
us/them. And it's already on the works