On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Sarah Ewart<[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I also agree there's no consensus, but remember that this isn't the > English Wikipedia and we don't necessarily do things by consensus. WP:CON > can be useful in group decision making, but we're not bound by it and having > a Wikipedia-style "consensus" for something doesn't necessarily mean it will > or won't happen as the Chapter and the committee have obligations and > responsibilities outside a "consensus" among half-a-dozen people on a > mailing list. > > When we were setting up the official wiki, the committee considered using > flagged revs for members. (see: > http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Resolution:Officialwiki_configuration_and_accounts) > I'm not sure what ended up happening with it or how far we got towards > implementation, but I guess we could consider the possibility of using > flagged revs.
The original intention was that flagged revs was going to prevent members from making unapproved changes to pages which need committee approval before modification can go live. So far we haven't needed that. Before non-members can edit the WM-AU website, a new resolution from the committee would be needed. > However, I feel that Brianna raised some important issues with regard to > members v non-members editing that can't just be cast aside. Brianna's suggestion is feasible, if a committee is willing to take on the extra work involved in managing the new account requests. As there is no monetary disincentive, the process of accepting non-members would require verification of wiki-identity where applicable; there are plenty of people who would love to waste our time in order to have a few lulz. And as these users will not be members, there will be no compensation for time and effort of whoever is handling new non-member account setup. We still have a meta presence, and non-members can knock themselves out over there. As a result, I am opposed to opening the doors for the sake of a few spelling corrections. Currently we don't need or want an active administration team. > Nick, I also don't think editing privs is an effective draw-card for getting > more members. I can't imagine anyone being motivated to join WMAu so they > can edit the official wiki. But we don't currently have the ability to offer > much in tangible members privs so it counts in "What do I get?". If someone indicated they were willing to pay $40 in order to edit our website, I would be quite worried about their motivations. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
