2011/10/5 Michael Snow <[email protected]> > On 10/5/2011 7:03 AM, Domas Mituzas wrote: > >> The only thing we truly could do is restore read access. But if the > >> it.wikipedia community really wants to strike, there's very little we > >> can do to stop them. :) > > I sure agree with that. There're plenty of ways to inflict pain without > terminating the service entirely. > > Editor strike means not editing, it doesn't mean full service downtime. > When labor unions go on strike, they do more than not show up for work. > They form picket lines and take other actions designed to obstruct > activity so that company operations cannot proceed. Taken to its logical > conclusion, if the Italian Wikipedia community collectively wants to go > on strike, then what they have done is apply the full range of tools to > carry that out. >
Looks like you forget that as exists a right to strike, there is a right to work. Italian Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Yesterday, today? Sure. > > How do we deal with an editor who starts deleting his contributions out > of spite? > In contrast to strike actions, in those countries that recognize the > right to organize collectively, sabotage and destruction are generally > considered illegal and beyond the pale of acceptable behavior. Certainly > we should not support anyone in the Italian community who thought it was > a good idea to vandalize or delete portions of the encyclopedia as part > of their protest. Oh yeah, just like worst actions exist (vandalism) we have to respect medium-bad (?) ones (blanking the entire site). > But I don't think someone acting out of spite is a > good comparison, since it seems pretty clear that this action is not > being taken out of spite. I am happy to keep my trust in the Italian > Wikipedia community, that it is in the best position to judge whether > this protest is needed, what measures are appropriate to the situation, > and how long to carry on with it. > > --Michael Snow > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
