[WikiEN-l] BetacommandBot, (currently) centralized discussion

[George Herbert]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:30 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25/02/2008, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Betacommand is not the most touchy-feely postitive communicator on good
> > days.  Were we implementing this project from scratch, we'd certainly
> want
> > to have someone else be the operator, even if he coded it.
>
>
> I think the main problem remains that people hate having their images
> taken away, and direct their ire at what is after all Foundation
> policy at the person who dares work toward it. c.f. the linked ANI
> comments page.
>


It certainly doesn't help.  Whoever ran this would have to have an
incredible amount of patience under the best circumstances.

But the fact remains that I and many others feel that Betacommand is not the
best communicator to try and reduce stress and drama rather than end up
generating it.

That's not a ding on him - most, by far a majority of the admins and senior
editors have too short a temper for that type of role.  I don't think that I
would.  But it would be good if someone who did have the even keel and
temperment stood up and volunteered to run the bot in the future.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com