Hello there,
I can not tell you right now what kind of assistance is needed as I do not
know what actions are available in the first place. Similarly, I do not
know who is in charge in such extreme situations. Currently the discussion
on the ongoing issues has mostly moved to the meta pages[1]. As far as the
proposed block is concerned, you can expect more on that topic from an
admin (Argo Navis) who was in that capacity in 2005-2009.
Dalibor
[1]
This is a sadly common pattern among smaller WMF
sites: a single editor or
a group of self-supporting editors gains a foothold in the power structure
and abuses the trust we put in admins. Just as in real life, this is
typically accompanied by a xenophobic push, and a snowballing effect that
ensures a grip on power.
This degradation of the original wiki ethic is all too evident in at least
one of the smaller English-language sites, so just what we might expect to
find if we were to lift the linguistic veil over the many small sites in
other languages makes one's spine shiver.
Per Nathan, yes, specifics need to be stated, and as far as possible
without emotion ... just the facts, and as briefly as possible.
Understandably, the Foundation will try to stay out of any community
"dispute" unless it becomes so toxic it can't be ignored in an interwiki
sense. However, I think there's a role for WMF community relations staff to
advise distressed parties and to be made aware of major conflicts on WMF
sites – aside from anything else, we have yet to see legal action by a
party who claims to be injured by other editors on a site, and that's
something we would all like to forestall.
Tony
On 29/10/2013, at 5:12 AM, Nathan wrote:
Hi Dalibor,
Could you describe what type of aid you are looking for, and how you
think
it fits with the overall governing ethos of
Wikimedia projects? (For
example, if you ask for WMF staff to intervene, would you argue that the
WMF can and should intervene in project disputes when one side makes a
request?).
Thanks,
Nathan
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