[WikiEN-l] Community Ombuds Department

[Wily D]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:03 PM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
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>  In a message dated 3/14/2008 7:31:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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> wilydoppelganger at gmail.com writes:
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>  Perhaps  his only remaining 'de jure' authority is to appoint or
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> de-appoint ArbCom  members.  But somebody here or there may be aware of
>  others.  As  for open rebellion - not without the foundation's support.
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> Can't just  occupy the servers. ;)>>
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>  And contrariwise.  If the community was up-in-arms about something,  the
>  foundation could not stop the natural progression of that *something*.   No matter
>  what physical equipment they own.
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>  Physical possession is no longer 9/10ths of the law, when 9/10ths of the
>  asset is non-physical.
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>  Will Johnson
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The closest historical parallel is probably Spanish Wikipedia and
Encyclopedia Libre, which suggests that your assertion here is simply
false.  Of course, it's not a perfect parallel and is somewhat dated.
 But in the end, yes, anyone who's unhappy has only the rights to
leave and fork.  The community will never be so single voiced that the
foundation would be left with naught but the world's eighth most
visited website (which is not such a bad parting gift).

WilyD