On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Jack Lynch wrote:
I personally would like to see more attention to
rewarding good
behaviour and less to punishing bad. I think that would help alot.
Maybe if adminship was determined my a long and complementary process,
rather than an open vote (where you get to see the names of those who
oppose you), some of the bad blood would reduce. I can say from my
studies in behavioural psychology and job coaching that the wikipedia
has '''far''' too much emphasis on scolding and potential
punishment
processes, and not nearly enough on compliments. The ratio of
compliment to criticism which has been shown most effective in
modifying the bahaviour of others is 5 to one. Thats five compliments
for every critisism, something rather far off from where the wiki is
now.
I'd be very surprised if I'm the only one here who has noticed
JCarriker's proposal, [[User:JCarriker/Esperanza]] -- although he
doubtlessly intends to apply his idea to more than only "brittle"
contributors.
Geoff