> AGK wrote: >> Let's be proactive - rather than bicker and debate endlessly (in >> the exhaustive yet courteous manner that only Wikipedians are able to). >> > You know, it doesn't actually help people to be thoughtful to label > discussion "bickering" because some comments are negative. > > I happen to disagree strongly with Stevertigo's comment that "the > customer is always" right in relation to dispute resolution. If that > were true, terms like "wikilawyer" and "vexatious litigant" would be > redundant in our context. And they are not. Anyone who really advocates > for the opening of another front in dispute resolution had better take > into account the way our mechanisms become, for some of our "customers", > mere instruments or means to their ends. The point is not to be > "proactive" for the sake of activity, but to forward the mission. Just > wait until DR-en is subject to a barrage of "evidence" not admissible in > onsite terms, but said to be crucial to someone's view of matters. > > Charles >
It's time to introduce the hoi polloi to the crushing burdens born by the arbitration committee. Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
