[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia-wide global blocking mechanism?

[Ray Saintonge]

Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> That's assuming that project's users read the village pump. I know I  
> certainly don't read en.wp's village pump, and neither do quite a few  
> other of my fellow editors.
>   
One important factor which discourages me as much as you from keeping up 
with en:wp's Village Pump is its sheer mass.  The tiny projects do not 
have that problem.

Ec
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Birgitte SB wrote:
>   
>> The problem with opt-out is that a wiki must know this
>> even *exists* in order to opt-out.  So if you are
>> capable of notifing all the village pumps in a
>> language they can comprehend, this is reasonable.  If
>> you are not capable of that, opt-out is not
>> reasonable.  If this is mainly for wiki's with no
>> community, then allow stewards to "opt-in" such
>> wiki's. If they have no community, they will not
>> object.