On 6/21/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/21/06, Selina . wikipediareview@gmail.com wrote:
None of these were appointed in any way by the community, they just seem
to
have been privileges handed out to friends as individuals see fit...
You could look at "friends" as being a nepotistic conspiracy by which cronies evilly band together to take control of what was supposed to be a public, open project. Or, you could look at it as people selecting only the Wikipedians they trust the most - as demonstrated by experience and time with the project - to give access to confidential information which could be used to hurt the project.
I'm pretty sure Selina didn't say anything about evil crony nepotistic conspiracies, so maybe you should tone down your rhetoric.
History has shown us that when power is concentrated among the few without any formal regulation the long-term result is pernicious.