G'day Cunct,
>Slaves for
an Unvandalised Wikipedia?
Good.
Requires too much thought.
>The
Anti-vandalism Superheroes?
That's both us/them and not ironicly ugly.
Also attractive to the wrong people in the same way CVU is: "I just
joined, and I hear there's this thing called a superhero? How do I
become one of them?"
Fun name, though.
>Vandalism
Posse?
Us/them.
Better, though, and fun.
Other ideas--positive:
The Fencepainting Project (Shades of Tom Sawyer, with other
neighborhood-building connotations.)
Could work.
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).)
Also friends who have an irritating habit of kicking in our front door
in the middle of the night, pissing all over the rug, nicking any spare
change that happens to be lying around, then scarpering, only to return
the following night. Problem is, after a week or so, you start to
wonder whether the sign outside the door that says "Come in! If you
need to go, use the rug!" is such a good idea.
Ironically positive:
Care Bear Brigade (I know this was discussed and negged earlier, but
it's hilarious.)
I likes it too.
My suggestion: Glaziers. After all, one problem unchecked vandalism
causes is the "broken windows" phenomenon ...
Ugly:
Users for Mindless Conformity.
We could rename admins to that. Actually, "administrator" is probably a
bad name, implying as it does responsibility for everything Wikipdeia
does, and a deal of say that we just don't have. We make jokes about
janitors and mop and bucket, but that's not what we are, either:
*anyone* can *clean up* vandalism. We're not cops, either, despite the
idiotic cries of "police state".
I think admins can be considered volunteer rural firefighters (or the
SES). We try to clean up any messes (flooding, tree falling down,
etc.), fight to stop messes getting worse (bushfires), and if necessary
are empowered to confiscate matches wielded by self-professed firebugs.
--
Mark Gallagher
"What? I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse
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