[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT

[Mark Williamson]

This problem of one or two strong-willed admins enforcing their will
over others is not an uncommon problem at smaller Wikis. In many
cases, uncommon or strange orthographies, nonstandard dialects, or
strange editing rules have been enforced; people who complain are
often ignored and referred back to the Wiki by foundation people
because it's a "local" matter.

Mark

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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Dan Rosenthal<swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 6, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Chad wrote:
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>> Then ask him/her about it off list. This has nothing to do with
>> foundation-l.
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>> -Chad
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>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM,
>> mizusumashi<mizusumashi at coda.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
>>> Hello, Huib.
>>>
>>> O.K.  I promise to stop this if Jade would declare her/his edit
>>> history
>>> or other activity - I think it's very very easy -.
>>>
>>> Huib! wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Could you discuss this outside the list? I don't see why it would be
>>>> important for this list.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Huib
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> This particular fight doesn't, no. But it does tangentially touch on
> the broader issue of cross-wiki policies, and instances where certain
> wikis "go rogue" (for instance, those that have instituted privacy
> policy violating user tracking systems, or where only one or two
> sysops exist and exercise de facto control over the entire list).
>
> I have to say, this is far from the first time I've heard stories of
> ja.wp administrators taking their private grievances out on
> contributors.  Now we have them demanding that mailing users "declare
> their edit history or other activity?" What's next? "Let me see your
> identification papers?" The broader issue of "what standards should
> apply cross-project and cross-community" and "who should be
> responsible for ensuring/enforcing that certain projects do not adopt
> policies that violate the Foundation's mission or standards" is worthy
> of question on this list. I would assume that the answer to the latter
> question is "the stewards", but the latter question can't be solved
> until the former question of cross-project standards is resolved; and
> I don't think that it has been.
>
> If I'm wrong of course, and we've had this discussion before, I would
> love to be pointed to it.
>
> -Dan
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