[WikiEN-l] Oversized criticism sections and WP:UNDUE (was: Notability and ski resorts)

[Marc Riddell]

on 9/25/09 5:36 PM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud at fairpoint.net wrote:

> It is more a matter of editors taking back the wiki from the tiny
> minority that is abusing others. You can't vote for people who openly
> advocate not enforcing civility rules and expect the arbitration
> committee to do much. Look back in the history of the arbitration
> committee and you will find that its original purpose was to deal with
> gross violations of Wikiquette, see
> 
> 
> Erik Moeller wrote:
> 
> "RK was tolerated because he contributed good material. But how much good
> material has not been contributed because of his well documented
> behavioral problems? In my opinion, we need to set clearer rules on
> Wikiquette and be serious about enforcing them, with a well-defined
> protocol of warning, temporary banning, permanent banning etc. Maybe
> there could be a 5-10 member Wikiquette "committee" where violations
> could be reported and decisions would be made by voting."
> 
> Fred
> 
These comments are refreshing, and the suggested actions would have an
enormous impact on the quality of collaboration in the Project. All healthy,
constructive collaboration must include healthy, constructive dialogue.

Marc