On 3/21/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/21/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
(b) What was not done that we should have done;
A process which has worked well in the past is a process of discussion to arrive at a specific proposal, followed by a broad public poll (or "vote"), followed by a certification of the result.
Broad is the keyword here. To really get everyone notified, a specific announcement should be made to this list, to Village pump/policy, and probably several other key on-wiki discussion pages (including User talk:Jimbo Wales). And probably on the IRC server too. Notifications during the discussion phase, and during the !voting phase.
Yup that was done.
I knew about it. Looked in a couple of times but things seemed to be going fine and the debate over fair use policy was more interesting.
Part of the problem is that it is very hard these days to contact a significant section of the communiy other than say through MediaWiki:Watchdetails.
it at all of course :) ). But I think it is important that for really major shifts of policy, we have a clear and defined endpoint.
Definition of "major shift of policy", anyone? :)
One that has an impact on the day to day activities of people on the ground..