[WikiEN-l] OTRS volunteering

[George Herbert]

On 7/10/07, Rory Stolzenberg <rory096 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/10/07, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/10/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anthony_DiPierro&diff=556716&oldid=375991
> > >
> > > Hi. I just removed your offer to volunteer for OTRS. While we very
> > > much appreciate your willingness to help out, it is best if volunteers
> > > can demonstrate community trust, in the form of adminship, on one of
> > > the projects. If you'd like to help out the OTRS team without being an
> > > admin, you can do so at en: by participating in projects like
> > > en:Wikipedia:Help desk, en:Wikipedia:Biographies of living
> > > people/Noticeboard, welcoming newcomers, and in recent changes patrol,
> > > and generally helping to keep the quality of the project high. Again,
> > > thank you very much for your offer to help out, and do feel free to
> > > relist yourself in the future. Jkelly 02:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
> > >
> >
> > Well... I stand corrected. But I still think that being an admin
> > shouldn't be a requirement, there are other means to evaluate whether
> > one was is trustworthy.
> > Michael
>
>
> Indeed, it's a rather silly requirement. I think the age requirement is even
> worse (afaik, we've had perfectly good under-18 otrs volunteers in the
> past), but that would need a board resolution to change, and I doubt that
> would ever happen (considering it's the same board that passed the
> resolution implementing this requirement in the first place).

I think the fear is that OTRS people might be seen as agents of the
foundation under some circumstances, but if they're under 18 (in the
US) aren't legally able to be held responsible for such agent status.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com