On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 3:47 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
And if we disregard any application of common sense, then yes, you could argue that a technical code of conduct is needed. When you consider the actual context, however, it becomes pretty clear that this is unnecessary bureaucracy. The repeated concerns about outsized influence by Wikimedia Foundation employees have largely gone ignored.
i think so too. common sense replaces a lot of rules and policies :) donors money is imo better invested in writing good software supporting the mission than making policies. we have enough policies and rules of all kind, being a burden when contriuting, especially to newbies. i get a chicken skin of fright when i read the collaboration teams plans of putting bureaucracy into software, talking about "the largest wikis have the most complex workflows". the most complex and stable workflow i know is in wikinews, and we all know that wikinews died. i would really love if "collaboration" would be the main topic, not "process" and "rule". this is just so against the basic "wiki" idea, our core value.
best rupert