[WikiEN-l] HD DVD key and the spam blacklist

[Anthony]

On 5/5/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: The Cunctator [mailto:cunctator at gmail.com]
> >Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2007 10:13 AM
> >To: 'English Wikipedia'
> >Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] HD DVD key and the spam blacklist
> >
> >On 5/2/07, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> >> On 5/2/07, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > This is a different type of blacklist. The spam blacklist which can be
> >> > edited by any meta admin only applies to URLs. The regex blacklist
> >> > applies to any text, whether in URL format or not. On Wikimedia, I
> >> > believe only people with server access could edit that, but that
> >> > doesn't mean it was an official Wikimedia decision. The majority of
> >> > people with server access are not Wikimedia employees.
> >> >
> >> So who are they accountable to, no one?  Isn't obviously problematic
> >> that people can unilaterally make such major decisions with neither
> >> the request of the foundation nor the community?
> >
> >Yes.
>
> There is a choice to make. Do you want people in positions of authority to take responsibility and do what needs to be done, or do you take the position that such actions cannot be taken until consensus is reached?
>
> I'm for responsibility. Mistakes can be sorted out at leisure.
>
Mistakes should be sorted out as soon as possible.  Consensus need not
be reached beforehand for situations where consensus is fairly obvious
anyway.  But these types of emergency scenarios should be explained
and reviewed.

To my mind the most reasonable structure here would be for those with
this sort of access to be governed by the foundation.  And to that
extent I would have expected either a notice of support or a reprimand
and forced reversal by now.  Instead, it seems, we get nothing.

Anthony