[Foundation-l] On closing projects

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hello,

On 5/11/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hoi,
> Steward already play a role when there is a need for support in small
> projects. They provide some of the glue that allows for the functioning of
> particularly the smaller projects. When there is a need for more stewards,
> it is considered that these are people that are given a position of trust.
>
> When stewards limit themselves because of a few hecklers, they in essence
> leave necessary work to be done by others that do not been given trust in
> the same way. The language committee is and should be focussed on a narrow
> band of activities and should only get itself involved when language is an
> issue.
>
> Given that the stewards are in and of themselves a varied group of people
> who are deeply embedded in the WMF, I would agree that they would be the
> most suitable to make up a "global arbitration committee". My fear is that
> when they do not take up this challenge, it would lead to more
> fragmentation
> of our organisation. This would make matters worse. It will then wait with
> until some matters become really bad and give the WMF a really bad press.


Although I am not convinced about it, the idea of a global arbitration
committee composed with stewards may be a solution.

This said, I think giving back stewards the technical ability to lock
inactive wikis (and unlock them) would be a good start.

-- 
Guillaume Paumier
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