On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:51:57PM -0700, Zoe wrote:
Because that's not what the prolific Wikipedians
who live by the rules
do.
I am reluctant to name names, but there are at least a couple in the top
200 most prolific Wikipedians who have been doing exactly what I just
described. One is even in the top 50. The thought of them getting any
more power than they have right now scares me.
We can work with people who make changes we disagree
with as long as
all of us can be civil, but it's the tiny minority who refuses to
compromise (either direction) that cause the problems.
It's not just the failure to compromise; it's the fighting dirty
trying to get your way by running around and smearing the other party
with cries of "vandal", "pro-X propagandist", &c.
What *I* would like to see is some sort of sanctions (24 hours for a
user, 1 week for an IP) for those that go around crying "wolf".
> Jonathan Walther <krooger(a)debian.org>
wrote:
> I don't know exactly what you had in mind for increased sysop power Ed,
> but I do worry. Where there is a controversial topic, what is to stop
> the older users with thousands and thousands of edits to their name (the
> "prolific" Wikipedians, quantity over quality) from throwing up their
> hands and shouting "VANDALISM!" when a comparitive newbie comes along
> and starts making edits that they disagree with?
Jonathan
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