[WikiEN-l] Worrying trends

[David 'DJ' Hedley]

A reasoning should be mandatory for an oppose vote. See Boothy443, a while
back, who put "ADMINS ARE EVIL" on talk pages and voted oppose on every RfA
until FCYTravis'. Support votes are in agreement of the nomination, so that
is their reasoning. Neutral votes and oppose votes, however, are not and
should need to explain why they aren't. Bureaucrats should also make their
judgement on such reasoning.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Jenkinson" <chris at starglade.org>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Worrying trends


> Hi all,
>
> I'm becoming rather worried at the lack of consensus building on
> requests for adminship and other pages, with oppose votes basically
> saying "oppose, don't even think about asking why, no is no", and in
> some cases support votes being challenged and no response (however this
> is much rarer).
>
> This is incredibly damaging in my opinion as Wikipedia operates on
> consensus, and refusing to discuss not only shows a lack of regard for
> other people's opinions but gives an arrogant, superior attitude.
>
> I must say that I think that everyone who does not respond to a (good
> faith) questioning comment asking them why should have their
> vote/opinion on the matter disregarded. If they are not willing to say
> why they believe what they do then they should not be considered
> contributing to the discussion. Wikipedia is rightfully not a democracy
> where you can vote for whatever reason you like. Any position someone
> takes must be able to be challenged.
>
> I would like to see any bureaucrats making a judgement on a close RfA to
> disregard anybody's vote, either in support or oppose, who have not
> responded to a challenge for their reasoning.
>
> Chris
>
> -- 
> Chris Jenkinson
> chris at starglade.org
> _______________________________________________
> WikiEN-l mailing list
> WikiEN-l at Wikipedia.org
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
>