Thanks for this input, it seems like the right direction, but it is not enough. Administrators' decisions should be followed much more closely in order to prevent misuse of administrative power. It is crucial that people who are not too involved themselves in the projects would do it. Collecting information from open pages and summarizing it in a way that would make it accessible to the general public is very much in line with the "non-intervention" policy taken vis-à-vis the projects. That's my idea for the Foundation or anyone else in the Wikimedia movement who is looking for ways to make the projects more welcoming.
Dror K
בתאריך 09/04/11 10:43, ציטוט Amir E. Aharoni:
2011/4/8 Dror Kamirdqamir@bezeqint.net:
Had someone followed the administrators' decisions on the biggest projects, and publish a monthly newsletter with copies of the most prominent decisions about bans and sanctions, it would increase transparency and make administrators much more careful about checking cases and providing justifications for their actions, especially in what concerns treatment of new users. It would also give a better picture about disruptive behaviors of users.
The Wikimedia Signpost, the English Wikipedia's de-facto newspaper, publishes something like this in every issue. AFAIK it's published by volunteers and i salute their perseverance. Every Wikipedia edition can do this with a little motivation and persistence.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com "We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace." - T. Moore
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