Ever since the Kelly Martin fiasco, I've had serious misgivings about the wisdom of
User Conduct RFCs as a method of dealing with disputes. I'm not alone in this: many
scathing comments about the RFC process were posted at the [[Wikipedia:Admin
accountability poll]]. Generally, there seems to be a feeling that RFCs are merely fora
for the venting of grievances, that the lack of any consequences makes people fail to take
the process seriously, and that RFC is often viewed as simply a preliminary step to an
arbitration case. I've decided to see if this can be reformed. After an aborted
attempt to nominate [[WP:RFC/USER]] for MFD (consensus: bad idea), I've created a
straw poll. See [[Wikipedia:User RFC reform]]. Any comments are appreciated.
-C. horridus