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

[Birgitte SB]

--- On Thu, 8/6/09, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 12:38 PM
> 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.
> 

The problem of a user dissatisfied with the actions of local administrators is not uncommon on any wiki.  When people dissatisfied with local enforcement of non-foundation issues complain here they are often properly informed that it is a local matter and that the each wiki is self-governing.  Frankly the autonomy of the wikis is hardly a choice, if you honestly consider the logistics of it.

Birgitte SB