[Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: "Big data" benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

[Nathan]

Here's a question, Steve: what social problems have been solved by anarchy?
If we toss out "oligarchy", decide "voting is evil", and only allow most
decisions to proceed on some ill-defined notion of consensus, that's what
is left.


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org
> >wrote:
>
> > It should be obvious that what is missing is discipline. An
> > arbitration committee with expanded scope, with full-time members
> > funded by the WMF (at arm's length for legal reasons), could go a long
> > way towards solving the problem. Some users will be reformed when
> > their technical power is threatened (be that editing or admin access),
> > others will just leave as soon as their reputation is at stake.
> >
>
> Right! Because we all know the solution to social problems is oligarchy.
>
> Steven
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