Fred Bauder wrote: >> AGK wrote: >> >>>> Interpersonal disputes? Again, how is a mailing list better? and >>>> what happens when only one party joins the mailing list? >>>> >>>> >>> My understanding is that the list would not be a forum for dispute >>> resolution, but rather a forum for discussion of dispute resolution >>> (and of >>> ongoing disputes on enwiki) - and so the problems posed by only one >>> party to >>> a disagreement subscribing wouldn't be a hinderance to operations on >>> the >>> list. >>> >>> >>> >> No, but don't you think it might be a hindrance to getting the dispute >> resolved? Which precise problem are we trying to solve here? >> >> Charles >> >> > > The idea is to have a mailing list for the general membership to discuss > dispute resolution, including information about ongoing controversies. > This sort of discussion already occurs on the functionaries and the > arbitrators list. This list would not have a restricted membership. > I see Risker has already asked for a definition of the purpose of such a list. My feeling so far is that this is all rather [[Blind men and an elephant]]: different people come up with different aspects of dispute resolution they think could usefully be discussed on a list. Such as BLP (Fred) or any other policy matters, or overview of current activity (the Signpost already does this for Arbitration). You would undoubtedly get advocacy; would you not get canvassing? Discussion of intractable edit wars? What is and is not pseudoscience? Second-guessing appeals and clarifications? Speculation about matters in mediation? If it descends to "X is a disruptive editor so something should be done" one can expect some fairly primitive knockabout.
In my view, the problem needing a solution is to get people with an onsite dispute to use the lower tiers of dispute resolution correctly. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
