[WikiEN-l] Civility poll results

[Charles Matthews]

Emily Monroe wrote:
>> Mostly his habit of complaining on mailing lists and actively  
>> refusing to engage on the wiki itself, where decisions about the  
>> wiki are actually made. They aren't made here.
>>     
>
> Oh, sorry, I didn't know his history.
>   
You can be fairly sure that the people on whom civility enforcement 
should devolve, namely admins (given that most offences against WP:CIVIL 
should not require elaborate discussion), and who either think "so what" 
or actively obstruct enforcement, will take absolutely no notice of 
exhortations on wikien-l. The dynamic is that people who take part in 
onwiki discussions count for that. Lamentably, it's who has the posse.

Charles