The outcome of
the discussion on
en.wp
was clear - usurping en.wp contributors required the assent of an en.wp
bureaucrat,
who must abide by en.wp rules.
Luckily, there are many projects which do not have
such a policy.
so its up to the local community to proscribe and
police that sort
of
undesirable activity.
Luckily, the wiki in question, and indeed most wikis, do not
have a rule or
guideline on this issue (though I believe it is fairly straightforward).
A bunch of en.wp users showing up to vote in a
checkuser
election on another project seems strange and wrong, but again its down to
the suffrage policy of that project to control such events.
Luckily, the wiki in
question doesn't have a suffrage policy.
Whether this lack of policy/rule/guideline/whatever is a problem is
debatable. For example, English Wikibooks has not suffered for lack of a
renaming policy (or blocking policy for that matter!).
In other cases, a user may feel their hands are tied because there is no
policy which says "This is the right thing to do." In cases where policy is
lacking, good judgment must be used.
When good judgment does not prevail, there is a problem. Those who whine
about wikis not having a certain policy should realize that that situation
is not in and of itself a problem. This applies as much on a single project
as on multiple projects. We simply do not need a global policy for
everything - efforts to do so will largely fail.
That said, the issues raised by Cary are real, and we need to discuss how
best to deal with them. My point here is to warn that writing a global
policy for every niche where no policy lives may not be the best way
forward.
Mike
English Wikibooks, Commons, Wikiquote etc are pretty small compared to
English Wikipedia. The sheer size requires some sort of order. On smaller
wikis such as Meta and Simple English Wikipedia, we more rely on "good
judgement" than strictly following policies. I don't think a global policy
is needed. Local projects should make their own decisions, for the best
interests of what we're all here for: the content, not ourselves. If the
user in question ever wanted to edit Wikiquote, he or she can create another
username and contribute in that way. All this "me me me" attitude is bad -
it's the content that's our number one priority.
--
Alex
(User:Majorly)