[WikiEN-l] JuryBot (was: Scott McCloud on Wikipedia)

[David Gerard]

On 27/02/07, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:

>  When I come back to one
> of these tasks after an absence, it takes concerted effort to navigate
> the web of rules and templates and informal policies.  Even simple stuff
> like, "so what's the current policy on warning/blocking vandals, and
> which of the 100+ user warning templates should I use?".  It tends to
> lead to me doing a small subset of things I feel confident in my
> familiarity with (new-article and recent-changes patrolling, mainly, and
> some prod-clearing), and avoiding anything else.


Ah, yep.


> To be fair, some parts
> of our "process" do have concise documentation on the relevant page with
> nicely laid out bold text saying something like "If you're just
> wondering how to do [x], do these steps: 1, 2, 3, 4", and in those cases
> it's easier to get into them.


Rewrites for clarity are always a good idea, if you can form the
patchwork of special cases into something coherent without losing
hard-fought detail.


- d.