On Jan 7, 2008 4:23 PM, Samuel Henderson samueljhenderson@gmail.com wrote:
If the people who are charged by the WMF community with project stewardship do not feel that their own judgment is good enough to handle serious problems in a moment of crisis, then that is a very serious problem which threatens the WMF's entire model of governance.
Oh, please. There is no "crisis". You need to take a step back, look at the subject from a broader perspective and treat it dispassionately. There is a sysop on a tiny project feeling himself at home. Yes, he is abusing his tools. In a few days, the RfC on meta will certainly lead to the decision of his desysoping. What "crisis" is there?
Furthermore, stewards have absolutely nothing to do with "WMF's entire model of governance". They are servants of the community, neither ubersysops, nor cops or judges. Yes, we have human judgment, hence the possible emergency desysoping of someone getting on a deletion rampage or whatever. But I maintain this particular situation on the Russian-language Wikibooks is *not* a crisis. It is a serious problem, but there is absolutely no emergency in it. It doesn't mean we should not take care of it. It only means writing emails on a mailing list asking for emergency desysoping by stewards doesn't help resolving it.