[WikiEN-l] RfA reform

Oldak Quill oldakquill at gmail.com
Sat Apr 7 09:03:38 UTC 2007


On 07/04/07, Sam Blacketer <sam.blacketer at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 06:50:29 +0100, "Oldak Quill" <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > RfA should be reduced to a determination of whether the user is
> > trustworthy or not. Their ability to make intelligent decisions should
> > come into it somewhere.
>
> That is indeed what RfA should become, but the problem which needs to
> be solved is how to set up the process so that this assessment is made
> in a more intelligent way other than simple voting. If, for instance,
> instead of asking the community to "Support" or "Oppose", they were
> asked "Is <x> trustworthy? Yes/No" the result would be
> indistinguishable from what we have now. The only change would be the
> heading over the top of the !votes.
>
> --
> Sam Blacketer
> London E15

Or demand justification for opposition in terms of why the user
shouldn't have these powers.

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)
London SE1 ;)



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