[Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

[Virgilio A. P. Machado]

I know that nobody has the guts to do it, but I wonder... I wonder 
what would happen if all administrators, bureaucrats and so on where 
told to take a hike. What would happen if new requirements for being 
administrator and so forth included assuming real identities, and a 
set of real world qualifications. What it would be like to grant 
amnesty to all that are currently banned and/or blocked. What it 
would be like if there was separation of powers, and secret 
balloting. I wonder what it would be like if Wikimedia projects would 
borrow a little more from democratic principles. Yes, I wonder... 
Scary thoughts aren't they? No surprise though, coming from someone 
who is the scourge of countless Wikimedia projects and a troll 
according to many.

Sincerely,

Virgilio A. P. Machado


At 17:52 09-04-2011, you wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 06:46, Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Besides that, there should be limits on sanctions. For example, I think
> > that we should limit all non-spam as well as some troll-like behavior
> > blocks to, let's say, two years.
>
>There's a bit of a contradiction here, Milos. If we want to attract
>new editors and keep existing ones, the way to do that is to reduce
>the trolling and disruption, not welcome back people who've caused it.
>The trolling and general silliness is (anecdotally) one of the main
>reasons established editors have been leaving, and it must be
>incredibly off-putting to new people too.
>
>Sarah