[WikiEN-l] A six-day roll-back poll?

[Risker]

On Jan 3, 2008 10:13 PM, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Old hands will remember the perennial proposal to grant non-admins
> rollback facilities. We polled on this for 6 months in 2006, 500 people
> voiced an opinion and we got no consensus.
>
> Well, it's back
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non_administrator_rollback
>
> Another day, another poll. But what worries me here is that the
> advocates have opened a poll for 6 days in the holidays and intend that
> should determine the mind of the community. It ends on Sunday, and they
> are already declaring vicrory with only 49 supports.
>
> Polls are evil, but, whatever you think of the proposal, this one feels
> a little like an attempt to pull a fast one.
>
> Doc
>

I agree with you fully, Doc. Indeed, six days is never sufficient. How long
did we run the WP:ATT poll?  Several weeks, for sure - and it was advertised
on watchlist banners.

I have noticed that there is a trend happening here - modifications being
made to policies without putting them on CENT and having discussion...then
when someone finds the modifications and reverts it, being told, "no it's
been like this for a long time, so therefore it's consensus."  There seems
to be a real push from some (but granted, not all) people to have their
preferred versions, whether policy or practice, approved without full
discussion.




Risker

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