[Wikimedia-l] Please, let's save the Wikipedia - from itself

[Lars Gardenius]

Sorry, but that has nothing to do whether you are a reliable and trustworthy person in the society (outside of the Wikis).

I think you must understand that if you want to have a committe or ombudsman or whatever you want to call it these persons must be visible in the normal society. That is the only way you can protect the average user.

That somebody says that he is known in our little society and we like him is not enough. That sort of construction you can perhaps have in your local football-club but not in a worldwide organisation like the Wikis. At least if you take these questions seriously.

Regards,
Lars Gardenius






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 Von: Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>
An: Lars Gardenius <lars.gardenius at yahoo.de> 
CC: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org> 
Gesendet: 23:27 Freitag, 6.September 2013
Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please, let's save the Wikipedia - from itself
 

> As said it was only an example. And a very small part of my
> argumentation.
>
> You must however understand that the average user has no reason to feel
> the way you do and he has no possibilty to know who these persons are.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lars Gardenius

Someone like NulearWarfare has made tens of thousands of publicly
viewable edits and participated in scores of arbitration cases; most of
which are also publicly viewable. The edits and decisions were also
available to the Wikipedia community which selected him for
responsibility.

Fred