[WikiEN-l] ANI curiosity

[FT2]

Rename to "Wikipedia:Administrator help requests" or "Requests for
Administrator assistance"?

Sometimes a name can have an effect.

FT2


On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Alex Sawczynec <glasscobra15 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Probably due in no small part to the fact that AN is the official
> "administrator's board," while ANI is the incidents board, the "i'm telling
> on you" board where any user can report any perceived threats. Just tends
> to
> lead to more outrageous, drama-inducing posts, I'd wager.
>
> - GlassCobra
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM, FT2 <ft2.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Some off-wiki response-seeking...
> >
> > A couple of comments at the administrator's noticeboard (AN) about the
> > quality of ANI discussion have led to a short post on-wiki asking for
> > perceptions:
> >
> > A user's suggested in passing in an AN discussion, that they feel there
> can
> > be issues at ANI:
> >
> >
> >   - *"For whatever reason, discussions at WP:AN seem to be a little more
> >      calm and rational than ANI"*
> >      - *"ANI is a bit like throwing chum into a pool of sharks. It's just
> >      the mentality there"*
> >      - *"AN doesn't seem to attract as many drama seekers [as ANI]"*
> >
> >  Quick feedback: some truth to it? A lot? Not much?
> >
> >  A simple request for thoughts.
> >
> > Since ANI and VP tend to be followed by more experienced users and
> admins,
> > I'm posting it on the en mailing list to increase the exposure and odds
> of
> > feedback being given from non-admins.
> > Link to on-wiki
> > post<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators'_noticeboard#ANI_curiosity
> <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#ANI_curiosity
> >
> > >
> >
> > FT2
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