I am seriously considering unilaterally giving sysop rights to everyone on this mailing list:
* whose name and username I recognize * who seems to know what they're doing * who doesn't seem radically opposed to NPOV
This would be about a dozen or more people, and I'll decide on Monday, so be forewarned: unless you STRENUOUSLY object to yourself or someone else being a sysop, it's gonna happen!
Uncle Ed -- not kidding
Please don't do this, Ed. Many of us have our own reasons for not wanting to be sysops. If we wanted to be sysops, we would ask.
Saurabh
------ "We cannot buy the Sharon argument that his attacks are a reaction to the Palestinian violence. And I don't blame the Israelis if they also don't accept our arguments, that our violence is a reaction to the Israeli violence." --Ghassan Khatib, PA minister of labor
In message <E506B3FF6BC1254C9AC1B948C380BC280CF5B7@sm-nyny-xm05.nena.wdpr.disne y.com>, "Poor, Edmund W" said:
I am seriously considering unilaterally giving sysop rights to everyone on thi s mailing list:
- whose name and username I recognize
- who seems to know what they're doing
- who doesn't seem radically opposed to NPOV
This would be about a dozen or more people, and I'll decide on Monday, so be f orewarned: unless you STRENUOUSLY object to yourself or someone else being a s ysop, it's gonna happen!
Uncle Ed -- not kidding _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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On Friday 07 March 2003 13:05, rednblack@alum.mit.edu wrote:
Please don't do this, Ed. Many of us have our own reasons for not wanting to be sysops. If we wanted to be sysops, we would ask.
Saurabh
I also don't think this is a good idea.
And again I must repeat that I do not think it is a good idea to make Anonxxxx a sysop. I had a look at their contribution history. First post was copyrighted info from another website. A couple of days (or weeks) after first contributing propperly this user inquired what was necessary to become sysop. I'm always extra critical of people actively seeking powers before they deserve them.
Best, Sascha Noyes
"We cannot buy the Sharon argument that his attacks are a reaction to the Palestinian violence. And I don't blame the Israelis if they also don't accept our arguments, that our violence is a reaction to the Israeli violence." --Ghassan Khatib, PA minister of labor
In message <E506B3FF6BC1254C9AC1B948C380BC280CF5B7@sm-nyny-xm05.nena.wdpr.disne
y.com>, "Poor, Edmund W" said:
I am seriously considering unilaterally giving sysop rights to everyone on thi s mailing list:
- whose name and username I recognize
- who seems to know what they're doing
- who doesn't seem radically opposed to NPOV
This would be about a dozen or more people, and I'll decide on Monday, so be f orewarned: unless you STRENUOUSLY object to yourself or someone else being a s ysop, it's gonna happen!
Uncle Ed -- not kidding _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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Im afraid Sacha is right, in principle. Im not going to bother with the details. And AnonXXX should be an invalid username in any case... Estevan
On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 13:05:36 -0500, rednblack@alum.mit.edu wrote:
Please don't do this, Ed. Many of us have our own reasons for not wanting to be sysops. If we wanted to be sysops, we would ask.
And some of us don't feel experienced enough! Hell, I can't even manage to consistently post with the correct email address (blame the software!)
Prefer not. Retain street cred. Too involved in meta-issues already. Should be writing encyclopedia articles.
Tom Parmenter Ortolan88
|From: rednblack@alum.mit.edu |Sender: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org |Reply-To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org |Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 13:05:36 -0500 | | |Please don't do this, Ed. Many of us have our own reasons for not wanting |to be sysops. If we wanted to be sysops, we would ask. | |Saurabh | |------ |"We cannot buy the Sharon argument that his attacks are a reaction to the |Palestinian violence. And I don't blame the Israelis if they also don't accept |our arguments, that our violence is a reaction to the Israeli violence." |--Ghassan Khatib, PA minister of labor | |In message <E506B3FF6BC1254C9AC1B948C380BC280CF5B7@sm-nyny-xm05.nena.wdpr.disne |y.com>, "Poor, Edmund W" said: |>I am seriously considering unilaterally giving sysop rights to everyone on thi |>s mailing list: |> |>* whose name and username I recognize |>* who seems to know what they're doing |>* who doesn't seem radically opposed to NPOV |> |>This would be about a dozen or more people, and I'll decide on Monday, so be f |>orewarned: unless you STRENUOUSLY object to yourself or someone else being a s |>ysop, it's gonna happen! |> |>Uncle Ed -- not kidding |>_______________________________________________ |>WikiEN-l mailing list |>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org |>http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l |> |_______________________________________________ |WikiEN-l mailing list |WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org |http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l |
Poor, Edmund W wrote:
I am seriously considering unilaterally giving sysop rights to everyone on this mailing list:
- whose name and username I recognize
- who seems to know what they're doing
- who doesn't seem radically opposed to NPOV
This would be about a dozen or more people, and I'll decide on Monday, so be forewarned: unless you STRENUOUSLY object to yourself or someone else being a sysop, it's gonna happen!
Dear Mister Ed: Please don't. I'm quite happy being sysop on Wiktionary alone, and I have no need to do this on Wikipedia as well.
Eclecticology
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Poor, Edmund W wrote:
I am seriously considering unilaterally giving sysop rights to everyone on this mailing list:
- whose name and username I recognize
- who seems to know what they're doing
- who doesn't seem radically opposed to NPOV
This would be about a dozen or more people, and I'll decide on Monday, so be forewarned: unless you STRENUOUSLY object to yourself or someone else being a sysop, it's gonna happen!
Well, to make your choices easier, Ed, I'm going to decline this responsibility for the time being. (Assuming that I fit one of the catagories you set out.;) Right now I don't have enough time to contribute the content I'd like to provide to Wikipedia, let alone discharge sysop duties for enough time during the day to make any sort of difference.
Not that I wouldn't eventually like them. (I've wanted to put links to one or two articles on the front page over the last couple of months.) But unlike many people here -- & perhaps uniquely -- I see sysop rights as a responsibility, & not as a ``right." I may have acquired this opinion because I have root ``rights" on a few computers over the years, which have sometimes resulted with a lack of sleep & angry cow-orkers.
Geoff (aka llywrch)