[WikiEN-l] WR's secret forum and list

[G MZ]

The big problem was that those respected editors mentioned - found out and
they were seriously unamused. They are the ones who are determined this will
not happen again, many others would prefer it swept under the carpet and
that is the only way to stop a repeat performance.

Giano

On Dec 10, 2007 5:41 PM, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Matthew Brown wrote:
> > On Dec 9, 2007 11:08 PM, Relata Refero < refero.relata at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The cyberstalking list saw the !! email, which contained a vast error
> >> of judgment, namely the implication that an obvious returning account
> >> was a disruptive returning account; that error of judgment was
> >> unchecked, in that nobody appeared to correct it prior to an
> >> (undiscussed on-list) block; the list appears to contain several
> >> respected editors.
> >
> > The audience of a mailing list is substantially smaller than
> > Wikipedia's noticeboards, so mistakes are less likely to get noticed -
> > I think that's the #1 problem.  And everyone I know is swamped by
> > email.
>
> Those may well be the reasons why it happened, but that still doesn't
> change the fact that it _happened_. The fact that it happened is the
> problem, and events subsequent to the actual block IMO caused more
> damage to Wikipedia's credibility and reputation than the actual block
> itself did.
>
> If something like this were to happen again in six months, what should
> we do differently? Or better, how can we reduce the possibility of it
> happening again in six months?
>
>
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