[Wikipedia-l] I'm seeing a trend here or How to keepdrivingaway good contributors

[koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com]

Ed begged:  :-)
>Wikipedia is the world's largest wiki, isn't it? When it's 10 times or 100 times the size, with 1,000 to 3,000 logged-in, daily contributors -- how will we manage then? My plea is for some way beyond the personal judgment of an elite, to maintain order, lest a self-perpetuating cabal develop that freezes out the very type of capable and devoted contributor it formed to protect.
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>Help me out, here, man.

Well--what's so bad about setting up a page outlining an expected code of conduct?  Really that's what we've banned people based on--violation of an expected code of conduct--so let's at least outline what we expect.  It's just not fair to ban people based on rules that aren't explicitly and undeniably clear.

I propose e.g.  1) no name-calling; save it for Jerry Springer.  2) don't change other peoples' comments.  3) don't question whether other people are actually people.

kq