[WikiEN-l] Just what *is* Jimbo's role anyway?

[Bryan Derksen]

stevertigo wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> on 3/20/07 9:36 PM, stevertigo at stvrtg at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I would ask Jimbo directly in private email, where this discussion belongs.
>> Doesn't a discussion that involves everyone belong where everyone can
>> participate?
> 
> Noone has a "right" to edit Wikipedia. So I dont see how his decisions
> involve "everyone".

I'm hoping that I'm just misinterpreting your response and it's not as
nitpicky as it seems like to me. How about substituting "everyone who
edits Wikipedia" instead of an unqualified "everyone?" That's what I
assumed was meant but perhaps it needs to be made explicit.

Since Jimbo's actions do affect everyone who edits Wikipedia, regardless
of whether you call that editing capability a "right" or a "privilege"
or whatever, I think it's quite reasonable for we the editors to be
discussing just what actions Jimbo is capable of and what the
implications of them may be. The fact that some trolls or other
ne'er-do-wells may also be listening in is unfortunate but I don't see
how to avoid it and I certainly don't see preventing it as something
worth squelching the discussion over.