[WikiEN-l] [[Daniel Brandt]] is gone again

[Tony Sidaway]

On 6/15/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/14/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > I'm not proposing that we go down that path, but it's a very
> > respectable position that deserves consideration.
>
> There have been various suggestions in the past. (1) That only admins
> be allowed to edit policy pages, and we could extend that to BLP
> issues, which would include BLP AfDs; (2) same as (1) but using a
> minimum edit count rather than adminship; (3) that only users willing
> to identify themselves be allowed to be edit BLPs or decide on BLP
> deletions or policies. I do think it's time we started discussing
> these options seriously.
>

I do think it might help a bit.  The number of editors who take part
in policy discussions and process pages is relatively low in any case.
 In connection with another matter, I'm sending my scanned passport
off to Wikimedia in a few days anyway, so it isn't as if we don't
already require it for some functions.

Would it help? Well I don't know overall. But it would make
accountability better.