-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Poor, Edmund W

Maveric and Chris Mahan have both suggested formulas for blocking signed-in users from editing, if abandon cooperative editing and engage in excessive reversion.

I agree in principle, and I trust someone like mav or Eloquence or Angelas or (oddly enough, even myself) to:[...]

-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Erik Moeller

To get the ball rolling, I support the following people as mediators:

• Ed Poor (obviously). I think he would do a great job in a team. He

does

have strong beliefs and participates in controversial articles, but he

mostly comes across as benevolent and understanding.

• Daniel Mayer (Mav). While he can be a bit brusque, he is incredibly

dedicated, pragmatic and gets things done. He would definitely be a valuable team member.

• Martin Harper (MyRedDice). I personally think he could do the job

alone

if given the authority, but he's a bit too bold in editing to have

*that*

much support. I do think he is very impartial and goal-oriented, and

even

if you disagree with some of the things he does, he should be involved

in

the mediation process.

• Vicki Rosenzweig. She declined one of my requests for mediation

because

she thought she was too partial and the subject too complex, if I

remember

correctly. Being able to reflect on your own involvement is really

healthy

and important, and she could prevent the team from becoming too cocky

(no

pun intended).

• The Cunctator - ha, ha, just kidding.

Just happened to read these two messages one after another and felt it necessary to respond. I personally think the introduction of such "super-sysops" would be unnecessarily anti-wiki in its intent. It also a bit of a slap in the face to the dozens of users who've made thousands of edits each without getting it an edit war or NPOV dispute, but go rather unnoticed compared with the higher-profile policy-makers rather article-writers.

Pete