I don't think there was consensus on anything; there were some strongly held opinions in the room and not all of them were mine.
There seemed to be a general feeling that RfA on WP is no longer a consensus mechanism, but instead a supermajority mechanism, and that RfA does not do a very good job of selecting administrators, but also not a very bad one.
There was some discussion of alternative mechanisms for consensus building, such as the ASF and another site the name of which eludes me.
I think it's better for someone other than myself to try to summarize the points as I was a biased participant rather than an impartial observer. Perhaps Gil Penchina, who graciously moderated the discussion, or one of the observers who was not from enwiki, could provide a better summary than I.
Kelly
On 8/23/06, Andrew Lih andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/22/06, Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com wrote:
It was a BoF discussion. There were essentially no materials presented; I made a short extemporaneous opening statement, and then opened the floor for discussion, which ensued for about an hour. There may be an audio recording, although if there is I am not aware of it. Sorry.
Was there any consensus on whether consensus scales? :)
Even a roundup of any general themes would be very useful and interesting.
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