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

[Pilotguy]

I'm worried that Jimbo is out of touch in general with Wikipedia policies,
etc.

On 3/21/07, Michael Noda <michael.noda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/21/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/21/07, Sam Blacketer <sam.blacketer at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > Maybe my English way but I like the idea of keeping Jimbo's power
> > > unspecified.
> >
> > The queen's power pretty much is specified. She gets to veto a bill
> > exactly once. After that I assume that the commons would take the
> > steps required to make sure it doesn't happen again.
>
> Not quite true: the queen gets to veto a *popular* or *controversial*
> bill exactly once.  If she vetoed a bill declaring nuclear war against
> Norway, and then dissolved Parliament, it's likely that the people
> would back Her Majesty over Parliament, at least until the first
> opportunity to vote in a new Parliament.
>
> I'd suggest that, instead of the rock-solid monarchy of the United
> Kingdom, a closer model to consider might be Spain, circa 1980.  We're
> still trying to figure out this whole system of governance, and we may
> have to just wing it a few times, but we're learning, and we have a
> leader we can trust to not be crazy if and when things get bad.
>
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