On 03/12/12 12:35 PM, George Herbert wrote:
Without delving into the specifics here, or concluding either way as
to the current case lacking actual evidence in front of me, it is a
real and quite serious problem if we don't hold senior and longtime
editors to account for abuses they may
I must disagree with Risker that this is simply a local issue involving a
single project or with a previous editor who feels that English Wikipedia
can take care of itself. We have a serious lack of editors not only on
English Wikipedia but within the project as a whole and this is getting
worse
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:00 AM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote:
I must disagree with Risker that this is simply a local issue involving a
single project or with a previous editor who feels that English Wikipedia
can take care of itself. We have a serious lack of editors not only on
I would almost like to simply +1 here, but...
Without delving into the specifics here, or concluding either way as
to the current case lacking actual evidence in front of me, it is a
real and quite serious problem if we don't hold senior and longtime
editors to account for abuses they may
Mailing list posts are the wrong place to complain about ArbCom rulings.
They provide one point of view in a way that favours one side of the story,
while ArbCom has a full process of evidence and debate.
As others have said, en.wikipedia can take care of this stuff, and it isn't
appropriate for
We appear to have a problem with Arbcom. We have an editor who has
contributed significantly to Wikipedia over the previous 7 years, making
more than 100,000 edits and generating a couple of featured articles. Than
in a vote of 8 to 4 he is block indefinitely for issues related to a
specific
The ban is not infinite. Will Beback is free to appeal the ban after six
months. I recall having positive interactions with Will Beback in the
past, however, the English Wikipedia community is more than capable of
taking care of itself. Thanks.
anirudh
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM, James
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:15 AM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote:
We appear to have a problem with Arbcom. We have an editor who has
contributed significantly to Wikipedia over the previous 7 years, making
more than 100,000 edits and generating a couple of featured articles. Than
in a
to do so, but as far as Wikipedia is concerned, the lunatics *have*
taken over the asylum.
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From: Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com
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by the community directly, but it seems to me that specific conduct
cases are best handled by an Arbcom-like deliberative body.
Pine
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:15:08 -1200
From: James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com
To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Foundation-l] Will Beback
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