doc wrote: > Personally I could agree that the power to "remove reviewer right" could > be restricted to some special class of user, but only if the power to > "grant reviewer right" is subject to even more scrutiny. > > If reviewer right is wrongly removed - we'll have the internal problem > of an upset editor (big deal? not - get over it!), however if it is > granted to someone who misuses it then it breaches our quality control > and can damage living people. >
In other words it seems that you feel that it's worth it to punish the innocent to soothe your paranoia that some stranger might do damage. > I really have little sympathy for those more concerned about internal > power structures or egalitarian principles in wikiland, that how what we > do impacts on the reader, and more importantly the bio subject who is > the victim of our structural carelessness. > > I guess that's what makes your concern for internal power structures and my concern for egalitarian principles so different. It may have escaped your attention that most of us who have stuck around for a long time do support steadily improving quality, and can do so without becoming such obsessives. No matter what we do there will always be a residue of problematic articles. With the law of diminishing returns it is a matter of determining when the cure becomes more harmful than the problem being attacked. Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
