From: "Daniel Ehrenberg" <littledanehren(a)yahoo.com>
--- "Alex R." <alex756(a)nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I tend to agree with you Little Dan, most of the
damage done
can be rectified by reverting edits. Sure if someone
is really
destructive it might be a lot of edits, but then we
have a list
of all the contributions there only needs to be
someone who
is willing to revert them all.
If you are too quick at banning someone you may not
even
have enough material to show that the person should
not
be allowed to contribute. better that they
demonstrate their
bad behaviour before they undergo the "arbitration"
ordeal.
There might be a really, really rare case that could
be done
by the Wikimedia board, you will notice that Art
III: sec. 4.4. of
the bylaws gives the Board of Trustees the right to
suspend
member privileges in the cases of misconduct.
Someone would
have to apply to the Board to get them to suspend
the
member in that case. I guess you have to convince
the Board
members or make an application to them:
http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/bylaws.pdf
Alex756
Who's on the board of trustees?
There are a total of five seats on the Board. One is Jimbo Wales,
and there are two other initial trustees: Michael Davis and Tim Shell.
It states that at Art. IV sec. 2.2. There are also two elected positions
that have to be elected within 90 days of the adoption of the bylaws
(no word on when they were adopted). These two positions are
"Member Representatives" as it states in sec. 2.1. They should be
elected one from "contributing members" and one from "active
members" (see pages 3-4 of the pdf.). The two types of members
that are entitled to be elected are: (1) Contributing Active Members.
These people are entitled to vote in this category if they have paid
a membership fee and (2) Volunteer Active Members, who make
contributions.
I've started a page on this on the Meta-Wiki here:
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
Jimbo just posted this a few days ago, so it is new to everyone.
Alex R.