Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-12 Thread George Herbert
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Carcharoth wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Ian Woollard wrote: >> I'm pretty sure that the main solution to this is to make the wiki >> experience better, not trying to specifically treat people that are >> getting frustrated's experience better. > > I

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia’s Foundation Plans Exp ansion"

2010-07-12 Thread Carcharoth
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Gwern Branwen wrote: > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/wikipedia-foundation-plans-expansion/ >> The foundation that runs the Wikipedia Web site plans to add 44 employees in >> the next year — roughly doubling the size of its current professional staff >>

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-12 Thread Carcharoth
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Ian Woollard wrote: > I'm pretty sure that the main solution to this is to make the wiki > experience better, not trying to specifically treat people that are > getting frustrated's experience better. I agree. It works both ways. New editors, who may not fully und

[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia’s Foundation Plans Expa nsion"

2010-07-12 Thread Gwern Branwen
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/wikipedia-foundation-plans-expansion/ > The foundation that runs the Wikipedia Web site plans to add 44 employees in > the next year — roughly doubling the size of its current professional staff — > and to raise $20 million to support a much-enhanced visio

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-12 Thread Ian Woollard
I'm pretty sure that the main solution to this is to make the wiki experience better, not trying to specifically treat people that are getting frustrated's experience better. -- -Ian Woollard ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To un

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-12 Thread Ryan Delaney
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:29 PM, George Herbert wrote: > Admin Rodhullandemu just retired after being blocked for blocking > Malleus Fautorum to win a dispute > > For reference: > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Block_review > > On and off wi

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-12 Thread Bod Notbod
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Marc Riddell wrote: > Many, if not most, companies, major non-profit organizations and virtually > all government agencies have a Human Resources department... > Would this be a possibility for the Wikipedia Project? _

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-12 Thread Marc Riddell
on 7/11/10 3:29 PM, George Herbert at george.herb...@gmail.com wrote: > Admin Rodhullandemu just retired after being blocked for blocking > Malleus Fautorum to win a dispute > > For reference: > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_notic > eboard#Block_review >