David Gerard wrote:
You realise of course all that came about for actual
reason, and
that's to keep [RfC] from becoming a venue for personal attack.
Then it's failed. Often, it simply becomes a pile-on to attack the filer.
(c.f. a recent deleted RFC 'certified' by five people, only the first
of whom could actually show they had tried to solve the dispute before
the mudslinging match. No, that's not what it's for.)
And why RfC is useless in some cases - this need for multiple people to
step in isn't helpful if the person causing the problem has enough people
backing them.
WP:CN recently got taken to MFD for being a second port of abuse. No,
you *don't* vote on banning people.
I know, and I think it got kept, or will at least end up no consensus.
So how to not make it a troll magnet?
First, I think we need to stop worrying about possible trolls and start
worrying about the well-being of the project. If we're worried about
trolling to the point where good-faith editors can't air their grievences,
what's the point?
-Jeff
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