Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com writes:
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You say that the Belarus Wikipedia has a large problem. I am not doubting you on that issue. However there are many ways to approach any problem, and I find global arbitration commitee to be a direction I cannot support WMF taking.
Whatever solution is taken in the end, in my view it would be crucial to have such issues resolved in a transparent and public process with clear-cut rules. I don't have too much insight into the Belarusan crisis. However, the suddenness of the decision after months of complete silence is what strikes me.
To the average mortal Wikipedian, the langcom and the board are black boxes. You can spend months or years discussing the pros and cons of a certain proposal, and then, at some random moment,- Wham! - like divine intervention, there will be a decision. This decision with be final, without any possibility of appeal.
I know that Wikipedia-is-no-a-democracy. But still, in the Wikisphere, most decisions are taken in a transparent manner and /can/ be appealed and, if justified, reversed. The same should be true for the language creation/closure process.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Johannes