[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Leadership (was NY Times article on gender gap in Wikipedia contributors} - repost

[Fred Bauder]

> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Stephanie Daugherty
> <sdaugherty at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That means we need a stronger executive that can decide
>> to break deadlocks when they happen, or lend structure to debate so
>> that it can run it's course, as appropriate for the situation.
>
> These are the two approaches that work in most situations. I'm very
> much in favour of structured debates, rather than the chaotic ones
> that sometimes take place. But you need to set up the debate so that
> someone (or a group) is tasked with closing it and moving things
> forward. Too many debates just founder and fade away, with nothing
> being done.
>
> Carcharoth

The closing of debates is something an elected council could do. That
preserves the role of the community in formulating and debating policy.

Fred