From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of MacGyverMagic/Mgm
On 2/6/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard
That's pretty much what I'm asking for ;-) Preferably people less inclined than me to call a spade a fucking shovel.
Don't ask people to do this. Tell them. I think that a lot
of people
who ask for power shouldn't have it. Where would we be if
juries were
made up of those who held their hands up to do it?
If any such unit is created, I'd like Jimbo to appoint its intial members.
I wouldn't. Bagehot's views on the role of a monarch are as valid now as they were 140 years back.
My point is that a posse of level headed citizens are going to be far more effective in resolving disputes than a squad of stormtroopers in a wikicommunity where every editor is theoretically equal. Once you get admins, let alone some "Anti-Stupidity Squad" with approval right from the top, throwing their weight around, then you are going to get resentment from those who feel that they are being unfairly stepped upon. And labelled stupid.
Peter (Skyring)